UP Gazette

There were 2,925 white students enrolled in Menominee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Menominee County welcomed 3,715 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 78.7% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 15 schools in Menominee County, Stephenson Area Public School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 373 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
Stephenson Area Public School	92.3	404
Uplift Michigan Academy	56.1	645
Bark River-Harris Elementary School	86.1	411
Blesch Intermediate School	89.1	368
Menominee High School	90.5	337
Bark River-Harris Junior-Senior High School	82.4	341
Central Elementary School	85.7	265
Carney-Nadeau Public School	93.6	234
Menominee Junior High School	86.4	184
North Central Elementary School	88	125
North Central Area Senior High School	94.4	89
North Central Middle School	93.1	72
Phoenix Alternative High School	77.3	44
Menominee ISD Special Education	100	12
Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	5.4	184