UP Gazette

There were 3,824 white students enrolled in Delta County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Delta County welcomed 4,402 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 86.9% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Delta County, Escanaba Junior-Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 989 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
Escanaba Junior-Senior High School	90.7	1,091
Gladstone Area High School	89.4	445
Escanaba Upper Elementary School	86.8	441
James T. Jones Elementary School	90.1	365
Cameron Elementary School	87.9	339
Gladstone Area Middle School	86	329
Lemmer Elementary School	88.2	287
Mid Peninsula School	93.5	217
Tri-Township School	79.1	253
Webster Kindergarten Center	88.5	226
Big Bay De Noc School	60.6	208
Escanaba Student Success Center	88.5	87
Learning Center	79.1	86
Bay Pines Center	60.7	28