UP Gazette

There were 6,907 white students enrolled in Marquette County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Marquette County welcomed 7,855 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 87.9% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Marquette County, Marquette Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 819 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
Marquette Senior High School	89.2	918
Aspen Ridge Elementary School	94.6	747
Bothwell Middle School	85.4	711
Lakeview School	90.4	591
Negaunee Middle School	91.9	468
Gwinn Middle-High School	83.3	498
Negaunee High School	90.9	452
Cherry Creek Elementary School	91.1	416
Westwood High School	92.9	394
Superior Hills Elementary School	83.9	361
Sandy Knoll School	86.2	349
Graveraet Elementary School	82.1	296
George D. Gilbert Elementary School	87	239
Birchview School	86.9	237
K. I. Sawyer Elementary School	78.2	243
Ishpeming High School	85.8	211
Ishpeming Middle School	85.9	191
North Star Montessori Academy	78.9	190
Vandenboom Alternative High School	79.9	149
Republic-Michigamme School	93	86
Powell Township Elementary School	85.7	42
Marquette-Alger Administrative Unit	82.1	39
Wells Township School	100	14
Ishpeming-Negaunee-NICE Community Education Division	100	12
Marquette Branch Prison	0	1