UP Gazette

There were 532 multiracial students enrolled in Marquette County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.5% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Marquette County welcomed 7,829 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 6.8% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Marquette County, Marquette Senior High School and Bothwell Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 65 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Marquette Senior High School	6.8	954
Bothwell Middle School	9.3	699
Gwinn Middle-High School	9.3	505
Lakeview School	6.5	588
Superior Hills Elementary School	8.4	381
K. I. Sawyer Elementary School	13.1	244
Cherry Creek Elementary School	7.6	410
Birchview School	11.8	245
Negaunee High School	5.8	450
Sandy Knoll School	7.3	315
George D. Gilbert Elementary School	10.1	218
Negaunee Middle School	4.4	458
Graveraet Elementary School	6.6	287
Vandenboom Alternative High School	11.9	151
Ishpeming High School	6.6	211
North Star Montessori Academy	6.8	191
Aspen Ridge Elementary School	1.6	737
Ishpeming Middle School	6	182
Westwood High School	2.5	405
Republic-Michigamme School	2.4	83
Powell Township Elementary School	3.9	51
Ishpeming-Negaunee-NICE Community Education Division	5.3	19
Marquette-Alger Administrative Unit	0	39
Wells Township School	0	6