UP Gazette

There were five Hawaiian students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 16.7% 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, Hawaiian students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Chippewa County, Sault Area High School and Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of two 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 Hawaiian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Sault Area High School	0.3	720
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy	0.3	596
Brimley Area School	0.2	460
Rudyard Area Schools	0	603
Pickford Public Schools	0	463
Lincoln School	0	352
Sault Area Middle School	0	533
Washington Elementary School	0	246
DeTour Arts and Technology Academy	0	67
EUPISD Learning Center	0	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