UP Gazette

There were 69 white students enrolled in Keweenaw County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.5% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Keweenaw County welcomed 75 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 92% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the two schools in Keweenaw County, CHS-Horizons School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 62 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
CHS-Horizons School	91.2	68
Grant Township School	100	7