Tri-City Sun

There were 75 Hawaiian students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 5.6% 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, Hawaiian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 72 schools in Saginaw County, Saginaw High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 11 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 Hawaiian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Saginaw High School	2.6	427
Arthur Hill High School	0.9	671
White Pine Middle School	0.5	963
Weiss Elementary School	1.4	354
Kempton Elementary School	1.4	354
Jessie Loomis School	1.5	334
Arthur Eddy Academy	1.5	325
Sherwood Elementary School	0.5	547
M. G. Millet Learning Center	1.6	190
Herig School	0.9	316
The Success Academy	1.8	169
Thompson Middle School	0.8	373
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	2.2	134
Heritage High School	0.2	1,324
Merrill Park Elementary School	0.6	317
Carrollton High School	0.4	449
Stone School	0.6	350
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	0.2	401
Freeland Elementary School	0.1	751
Carrollton Elementary School	0.1	704
Chester F. Miller School	0.3	294
Mackinaw High School	0.7	141
Freeland Learning Center	0.3	347
Jessie Rouse School	0.4	224
Handley School	0	320
Hemmeter Elementary School	0	318
Arrowwood Elementary School	0	433
Lorenz C. List School	0	480
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	0	366
Freeland Middle School/High School	0	871
Frankenmuth High School	0	520
Westdale Elementary School	0	321
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	0	388
Birch Run High School	0	531
Swan Valley Middle School	0	386
St. Charles Elementary School	0	359
Swan Valley High School	0	519
Carrollton Middle School	0	341
Shields Elementary School	0	437
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	0	368
Chesaning Middle School	0	569
Chesaning Union High School	0	394
North Elementary School	0	681
Career Opportunities Center	0	30
North Saginaw Charter Academy	0	596
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	0	391
Bridgeport High School	0	506
Francis Reh PSA	0	503
Zilwaukee K-8 School	0	273
Saginaw Covenant Academy	0	170
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	0	328
K. C. Ling Elementary School	0	349
Omni High School	0	154
Thomas White School	0	191
Hemlock Middle School	0	357
Big Rock Elementary School	0	394
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	0	312
Marshall Greene Middle School	0	535
Hemlock High School	0	332
Merrill High School	0	177
St. Charles Virtual School	0	74
Swan Valley Adult and Alternative Education	0	29
Hemlock Alternative Education	0	58
International Academy of Saginaw	0	81
Merrill Middle School	0	122
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	0	30
Birch Run Progressive High School	0	29
Hemlock Elementary School	0	118
Merrill Elementary School	0	190
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	0	17
Michael J. McGivney	0	18
Saginaw Correctional Facility	0	2