UP Gazette

There were 4,402 students enrolled in Delta County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.5% of the county student body, while the other 48.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 86.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Delta County schools, followed by 5.6% of multiracial students, 4.5% of American Indian students, 1.6% of Hispanic students, 1% of African American students, 0.4% of Asian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Escanaba Junior-Senior High School had the highest enrollment among Delta County's 16 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,091 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Escanaba Junior-Senior High School	1,100	1,091	-0.8
Gladstone Area High School	430	445	3.5
Escanaba Upper Elementary School	436	441	1.1
James T. Jones Elementary School	343	365	6.4
Cameron Elementary School	378	339	-10.3
Gladstone Area Middle School	339	329	-2.9
Lemmer Elementary School	283	287	1.4
Tri-Township School	278	253	-9
Webster Kindergarten Center	224	226	0.9
Mid Peninsula School	191	217	13.6
Big Bay De Noc School	176	208	18.2
Escanaba Student Success Center	86	87	1.2
Learning Center	88	86	-2.3
Bay Pines Center	27	28	3.7