UP Gazette

There were 4,662 students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.8% of the county student body, while the other 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 54.4% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Chippewa County schools, followed by 39.1% of American Indian students, 2.5% of multiracial students, 1.5% of Hispanic students, 1.5% of African American students, 0.8% of Asian students and 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Sault Area High School had the highest enrollment among Chippewa County's 22 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 720 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Sault Area High School	764	720	-5.8
Rudyard Area Schools	627	603	-3.8
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy	603	596	-1.2
Sault Area Middle School	499	533	6.8
Pickford Public Schools	461	463	0.4
Brimley Area School	484	460	-5
Lincoln School	357	352	-1.4
Washington Elementary School	251	246	-2
Ojibwe Charter School	138	144	4.3
Consolidated Community School Services	78	89	14.1
Malcolm High School	77	88	14.3
Lake Superior Academy	88	85	-3.4
DeTour Arts and Technology Academy	64	67	4.7
Whitefish Township School	53	63	18.9
EUPISD Learning Center	47	58	23.4
DeTour High School	39	48	23.1
Drummond Island Elementary School	45	45	0
EUPISD Project Search	1	2	100