UP Gazette

There were 486 students enrolled in Ontonagon County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.4% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 50.8% of the county student body, while the other 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 93.6% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Ontonagon County schools, followed by 2.5% of multiracial students, 1.9% of American Indian students, 1.9% of Hispanic students and 0.2% of African American students.

Ontonagon Area School had the highest enrollment among Ontonagon County's three schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 276 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
Ontonagon Area School	287	276	-3.8
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School	170	159	-6.5
Gogebic-Ontonagon ISD Special Education	46	51	10.9