MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education
MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education
There were 468 students in the halls of Newberry Area School, 6.4% lower than the year before.
Enrollment in Luce County outpaced the state's trend of decreasing enrollment.
Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 55.3% of them were boys, and 44.7% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 86.8% of the Newberry Area School total enrollment.
Newberry Area School has a main office in Newberry and is the only school within Luce County.
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 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total % Change |
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Newberry Area School | 468 | 500 | -6.4 |