UP Gazette

There were 38 Asian students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as 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, Asian students comprised 0.8% of the student body to be the second lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Chippewa County, Rudyard Area Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Rudyard Area Schools	1.3	603
Sault Area High School	1	720
Pickford Public Schools	1.3	463
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy	0.8	596
Lincoln School	1.1	352
Sault Area Middle School	0.6	533
Washington Elementary School	0.8	246
Brimley Area School	0.2	460
DeTour Arts and Technology Academy	1.5	67
EUPISD Learning Center	1.7	58
Consolidated Community School Services	0	89
Lake Superior Academy	0	85
Malcolm High School	0	88
Drummond Island Elementary School	0	45
Ojibwe Charter School	0	144
DeTour High School	0	48
Whitefish Township School	0	63
EUPISD Project Search	0	2