UP Gazette

Escanaba Junior-Senior High School had the largest enrollment among Delta County schools, welcoming 1,091 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.4% of them were boys, and 49.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 90.7% of the Escanaba Junior-Senior High School total enrollment.

Among the 14 schools in Delta County, Gladstone Area High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 445 students, while Escanaba Upper Elementary School welcomed 441 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Escanaba Junior-Senior High School is part of Escanaba Area Public Schools, which roughly covers schools within Delta County, with its main office in Escanaba.

In the previous school year, Escanaba Junior-Senior High School also had the largest number of students among Delta County schools.

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	City	Total School Enrollment
Escanaba Junior-Senior High School	Escanaba	1,091
Gladstone Area High School	Gladstone	445
Escanaba Upper Elementary School	Escanaba	441
James T. Jones Elementary School	Gladstone	365
Cameron Elementary School	Gladstone	339
Gladstone Area Middle School	Gladstone	329
Lemmer Elementary School	Escanaba	287
Tri-Township School	Rapid River	253
Webster Kindergarten Center	Escanaba	226
Mid Peninsula School	Rock	217
Big Bay De Noc School	Cooks	208
Escanaba Student Success Center	Escanaba	87
Learning Center	Escanaba	86
Bay Pines Center	Escanaba	28