UP Gazette

There were 3,796 white students enrolled in Delta County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Delta County welcomed 4,379 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.7% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Delta County, Escanaba Junior-Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 987 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
Escanaba Junior-Senior High School	89.7	1,100
Gladstone Area High School	90	430
Escanaba Upper Elementary School	88.3	436
Cameron Elementary School	88.1	378
James T. Jones Elementary School	88.3	343
Gladstone Area Middle School	88.2	339
Lemmer Elementary School	85.2	283
Tri-Township School	79.1	278
Webster Kindergarten Center	89.3	224
Mid Peninsula School	92.1	191
Big Bay De Noc School	56.8	176
Escanaba Student Success Center	87.2	86
Learning Center	84.1	88
Bay Pines Center	59.3	27