UP Gazette

There were 4,379 students enrolled in Delta County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.7% 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 86.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Delta County schools, followed by 5.4% of multiracial students, 4.7% of American Indian students, 1.8% of Hispanic students, 0.9% of African American students, 0.3% of Asian students and 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Escanaba Junior-Senior High School had the highest enrollment among Delta County's 16 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 1,100 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
Escanaba Junior-Senior High School	1,154	1,100	-4.7
Escanaba Upper Elementary School	444	436	-1.8
Gladstone Area High School	443	430	-2.9
Cameron Elementary School	382	378	-1
James T. Jones Elementary School	331	343	3.6
Gladstone Area Middle School	357	339	-5
Lemmer Elementary School	274	283	3.3
Tri-Township School	283	278	-1.8
Webster Kindergarten Center	198	224	13.1
Mid Peninsula School	191	191	0
Big Bay De Noc School	175	176	0.6
Learning Center	89	88	-1.1
Escanaba Student Success Center	76	86	13.2
Bay Pines Center	15	27	80
Link Learning Escanaba	183	--	--