UP Gazette

There were 2,482 white students enrolled in Chippewa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Chippewa County welcomed 4,590 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 54.1% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Chippewa County, Sault Area High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 426 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
Sault Area High School	57.6	740
Rudyard Area Schools	59.8	602
Pickford Public Schools	69.5	433
Sault Area Middle School	60	498
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy	37.9	597
Brimley Area School	44.6	451
Lincoln School	53.4	350
Washington Elementary School	52.9	227
Lake Superior Academy	68.1	91
DeTour Arts and Technology Academy	76.3	80
Drummond Island Elementary School	83	53
Consolidated Community School Services	48.3	89
EUPISD Learning Center	59.7	62
Malcolm High School	41.6	89
Whitefish Township School	66.7	48
DeTour High School	71.1	38
Ojibwe Charter School	10.9	137
EUPISD Project Search	80	5