Tri-City Sun

There were 13,714 white students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Saginaw County welcomed 25,427 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 53.9% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 72 schools in Saginaw County, Freeland Middle School/High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 777 students.

Overall student enrollment in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels, with white students experiencing the largest decline at 6.5%.

Academic performance has also suffered, with the state's average NAEP score dropping by 6.5 points and ethnic achievement gaps have widened. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Freeland Middle School/High School	89.2	871
Heritage High School	53.5	1,324
Freeland Elementary School	88.7	751
North Elementary School	95.4	681
Chesaning Middle School	91.7	569
White Pine Middle School	50.3	963
Frankenmuth High School	91.5	520
Marshall Greene Middle School	89	535
Birch Run High School	87.4	531
Lorenz C. List School	88.3	480
Swan Valley High School	76.3	519
Big Rock Elementary School	90.1	394
Chesaning Union High School	87.8	394
Shields Elementary School	77.6	437
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	91.3	366
Hemlock Middle School	93.6	357
St. Charles Elementary School	92.5	359
K. C. Ling Elementary School	90.5	349
Hemlock High School	90.7	332
Swan Valley Middle School	78	386
Freeland Learning Center	86.5	347
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	74.7	391
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	90.7	312
Carrollton Elementary School	36.2	704
Hemmeter Elementary School	78.9	318
Sherwood Elementary School	42.2	547
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	48.4	401
Arrowwood Elementary School	43	433
Merrill Elementary School	95.8	190
Carrollton High School	36.7	449
Merrill High School	89.8	177
Weiss Elementary School	42.7	354
Carrollton Middle School	37.5	341
Westdale Elementary School	38	321
Merrill Middle School	93.4	122
Hemlock Elementary School	94.9	118
Zilwaukee K-8 School	41	273
Handley School	34.7	320
Arthur Hill High School	14.9	671
Kempton Elementary School	28.2	354
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	69.4	134
M. G. Millet Learning Center	47.4	190
Omni High School	47.4	154
Chester F. Miller School	23.8	294
Herig School	20.6	316
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	15.7	388
Merrill Park Elementary School	18.6	317
Thompson Middle School	15	373
North Saginaw Charter Academy	9.1	596
St. Charles Virtual School	73	74
Stone School	15.1	350
Hemlock Alternative Education	86.2	58
Bridgeport High School	9.7	506
Mackinaw High School	33.3	141
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	11.7	368
Thomas White School	18.8	191
Saginaw Covenant Academy	14.1	170
Career Opportunities Center	76.7	30
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	76.7	30
Birch Run Progressive High School	75.9	29
Jessie Rouse School	8.9	224
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	69	29
Arthur Eddy Academy	4.6	325
The Success Academy	8.3	169
Michael J. McGivney	72.2	18
Saginaw High School	2.6	427
Jessie Loomis School	3	334
International Academy of Saginaw	8.6	81
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	1.8	328
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	11.8	17
Francis Reh PSA	0.2	503
Saginaw Correctional Facility	50	2