UP Gazette

There were 238 multiracial students enrolled in Delta County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.8% more 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, multiracial students comprised 5.4% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Delta County, Tri-Township School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 46 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
Tri-Township School	16.5	278
Cameron Elementary School	8.2	378
Big Bay De Noc School	17	176
Escanaba Junior-Senior High School	2.3	1,100
James T. Jones Elementary School	6.4	343
Escanaba Upper Elementary School	4.4	436
Lemmer Elementary School	6.4	283
Gladstone Area Middle School	4.4	339
Webster Kindergarten Center	4.9	224
Gladstone Area High School	2.3	430
Mid Peninsula School	2.6	191
Bay Pines Center	14.8	27
Escanaba Student Success Center	1.2	86
Learning Center	1.1	88