Tri-City Sun

There were 3,267 Hispanic students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.8% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 12.8% of the student body to be the third highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 72 schools in Saginaw County, Heritage High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 226 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Heritage High School	17.1	1,324
Carrollton Elementary School	31.1	704
White Pine Middle School	19.3	963
Sherwood Elementary School	25.6	547
Carrollton High School	26.7	449
Arrowwood Elementary School	23.8	433
North Saginaw Charter Academy	16.9	596
Carrollton Middle School	29.6	341
Weiss Elementary School	27.1	354
Arthur Hill High School	14	671
Swan Valley High School	16	519
Westdale Elementary School	25.5	321
Chester F. Miller School	25.9	294
Merrill Park Elementary School	22.4	317
Shields Elementary School	15.3	437
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	16.6	391
Swan Valley Middle School	15.8	386
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	16.3	368
Herig School	19	316
Francis Reh PSA	11.3	503
Thompson Middle School	15.3	373
Freeland Middle School/High School	6.4	871
Bridgeport High School	10.5	506
Stone School	15.1	350
Zilwaukee K-8 School	16.5	273
Mackinaw High School	31.2	141
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	10.8	388
Jessie Rouse School	17.4	224
Omni High School	25.3	154
Marshall Greene Middle School	7.1	535
Freeland Elementary School	4.9	751
Birch Run High School	7	531
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	10.4	328
Thomas White School	16.8	191
Lorenz C. List School	6.7	480
Chesaning Middle School	5.3	569
Chesaning Union High School	7.6	394
Big Rock Elementary School	7.4	394
Jessie Loomis School	8.4	334
Handley School	8.8	320
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	6.5	401
Freeland Learning Center	7.5	347
Hemmeter Elementary School	7.9	318
Hemlock High School	7.5	332
Saginaw Covenant Academy	14.1	170
K. C. Ling Elementary School	6.3	349
The Success Academy	12.4	169
Saginaw High School	4.7	427
M. G. Millet Learning Center	10.5	190
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	6.4	312
North Elementary School	2.6	681
Kempton Elementary School	4.8	354
Frankenmuth High School	3.3	520
St. Charles Elementary School	4.7	359
International Academy of Saginaw	18.5	81
Hemlock Middle School	4.2	357
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	3.8	366
Merrill High School	7.3	177
St. Charles Virtual School	14.9	74
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	6.7	134
Merrill Middle School	5.7	122
Arthur Eddy Academy	1.8	325
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	17.2	29
Career Opportunities Center	13.3	30
Hemlock Alternative Education	6.9	58
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	13.3	30
Birch Run Progressive High School	13.8	29
Hemlock Elementary School	2.5	118
Merrill Elementary School	1.1	190
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	5.9	17
Michael J. McGivney	5.6	18
Saginaw Correctional Facility	0	2