UP Gazette

There were 2,536 white students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Chippewa County welcomed 4,662 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 54.4% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Chippewa County, Sault Area High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 411 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sault Area High School	57.1	720
Rudyard Area Schools	60.4	603
Pickford Public Schools	69.3	463
Sault Area Middle School	58	533
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy	38.1	596
Brimley Area School	45.9	460
Lincoln School	59.4	352
Washington Elementary School	51.6	246
Lake Superior Academy	64.7	85
Whitefish Township School	84.1	63
DeTour Arts and Technology Academy	70.1	67
Consolidated Community School Services	51.7	89
Drummond Island Elementary School	86.7	45
DeTour High School	70.8	48
EUPISD Learning Center	58.6	58
Malcolm High School	37.5	88
Ojibwe Charter School	10.4	144
EUPISD Project Search	50	2