UP Gazette

There were 117 multiracial students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 19.4% more 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, multiracial students comprised 2.5% of the student body to be the third highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Chippewa County, Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 43 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy	7.2	596
Washington Elementary School	4.9	246
Lake Superior Academy	12.9	85
Sault Area Middle School	1.9	533
Pickford Public Schools	1.9	463
Sault Area High School	0.8	720
Brimley Area School	1.1	460
Rudyard Area Schools	0.8	603
Consolidated Community School Services	5.6	89
Ojibwe Charter School	2.1	144
Lincoln School	0.6	352
DeTour Arts and Technology Academy	3	67
Malcolm High School	1.1	88
EUPISD Learning Center	1.7	58
DeTour High School	2.1	48
Whitefish Township School	1.6	63
Drummond Island Elementary School	0	45
EUPISD Project Search	0	2