Shelby Review

There were 17,958 white students enrolled in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County welcomed 21,066 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.2% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 53 schools in St. Clair County, Anchor Bay High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,572 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
Anchor Bay High School	88.5	1,777
Port Huron Northern High School	84.2	1,158
Marysville High School	94.6	792
St. Clair High School	93.9	753
Port Huron High School	65.3	1,058
Algonac Junior-Senior High School	96.9	671
Landmark Academy	73.7	818
St. Clair Middle School	94.3	632
Marysville Middle School	90.2	634
Fort Gratiot Middle School	89.5	550
Yale Senior High School	92.8	526
Keewahdin Elementary School	89	526
Gardens Elementary School	93.9	475
Marine City High School	96.9	456
Washington Elementary School	92.3	478
Algonquin Elementary School	95.4	457
Edison Elementary School	91.7	424
Central Middle School	65.4	584
Yale Junior High School	93.2	409
Belle River Elementary School	95	357
Gearing Elementary School	95.1	350
Pine River Elementary School	93.4	349
Yale Elementary School	95	342
Marine City Middle School	97.9	330
Indian Woods Elementary School	85.5	365
Memphis Elementary School	92.4	328
Capac Elementary School	88.3	332
Michigamme Elementary School	79.3	368
Morton Elementary School	87	322
H. D. Crull Elementary School	70.8	383
Holland Woods Middle School	65.9	408
Francois Maconce Elementary School	81.6	310
Garfield Elementary School	70.2	359
Capac Junior-Senior High School	78.8	312
Palms Elementary School	97.5	237
Avoca Elementary School	88.8	242
John F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary School	94.2	206
Blue Water Middle College Academy	89.9	208
Millside Elementary School	96.2	185
Roosevelt Elementary School	59.8	266
Woodland Developmental Center	83.2	179
STEAM Academy at Woodrow Wilson Elementary	58.6	249
Virtual Learning Academyof St. Clair County	89.4	141
East Shore Leadership Academy	64.4	174
Literacy Academy at Cleveland Elementary	43.7	238
Port Huron Schools Phoenix Academy	64.7	136
Capac Virtual Education Program	83.9	62
East China Virtual Academy	100	47
St. Clair County Intervention Academy	60	50
Algonac Alternative Education	95.2	21
Compass Pointe	66.7	15
Phoenix Alternative School	81.8	11
Harrison Center	66.7	6