Tri-City Sun

There were 54 American Indian students enrolled in Saginaw County schools in the 2023-24 school year, the same number as 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, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 72 schools in Saginaw County, Freeland Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of five 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Freeland Elementary School	0.7	751
Martin G. Atkins Elementary School	1	388
Birch Run High School	0.6	531
Chesaning Union High School	0.8	394
Arthur Hill High School	0.3	671
Jessie Loomis School	0.6	334
Arthur Eddy Academy	0.6	325
Heritage High School	0.2	1,324
Chester F. Miller School	0.7	294
Freeland Middle School/High School	0.2	871
Frankenmuth High School	0.4	520
North Elementary School	0.3	681
Bridgeport High School	0.4	506
Saginaw High School	0.2	427
Kempton Elementary School	0.3	354
M. G. Millet Learning Center	0.5	190
Herig School	0.3	316
The Success Academy	0.6	169
Thompson Middle School	0.3	373
Saginaw ISD Transitions Center	0.7	134
Stone School	0.3	350
Freeland Learning Center	0.3	347
Jessie Rouse School	0.4	224
Handley School	0.3	320
Lorenz C. List School	0.2	480
Carrollton Middle School	0.3	341
Chesaning Middle School	0.2	569
North Saginaw Charter Academy	0.2	596
Zilwaukee K-8 School	0.4	273
Omni High School	0.6	154
St. Charles Community Middle-High School	0.3	312
Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education	3.3	30
Birch Run Progressive High School	3.4	29
Merrill Elementary School	0.5	190
White Pine Middle School	0	963
Weiss Elementary School	0	354
Sherwood Elementary School	0	547
Merrill Park Elementary School	0	317
Carrollton High School	0	449
Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	0	401
Carrollton Elementary School	0	704
Mackinaw High School	0	141
Hemmeter Elementary School	0	318
Arrowwood Elementary School	0	433
E. F. Rittmueller Middle School	0	366
Westdale Elementary School	0	321
Swan Valley Middle School	0	386
St. Charles Elementary School	0	359
Swan Valley High School	0	519
Shields Elementary School	0	437
Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School-Schrah	0	368
Career Opportunities Center	0	30
Robert B. Havens Elementary School	0	391
Francis Reh PSA	0	503
Saginaw Covenant Academy	0	170
Saginaw Preparatory Academy	0	328
K. C. Ling Elementary School	0	349
Thomas White School	0	191
Hemlock Middle School	0	357
Big Rock Elementary School	0	394
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
Hemlock Elementary School	0	118
Saginaw County Juvenile Center	0	17
Michael J. McGivney	0	18
Saginaw Correctional Facility	0	2