UP Gazette

There were 3,051 white students enrolled in Menominee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.2% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Menominee County welcomed 3,825 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 79.8% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Menominee County, Uplift Michigan Academy recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 414 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
Uplift Michigan Academy	58.4	709
Stephenson Area Public School	92.1	442
Bark River-Harris Elementary School	86.3	393
Menominee High School	93.7	350
Blesch Intermediate School	91.3	357
Bark River-Harris Junior-Senior High School	81.4	338
Central Elementary School	87.5	264
Carney-Nadeau Public School	92.2	232
Menominee Junior High School	86.9	176
North Central Elementary School	89.9	139
North Central Area Senior High School	95.7	94
North Central Middle School	93.5	93
Phoenix Alternative High School	81.6	38
Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	8.6	185
Menominee ISD Special Education	100	15