St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

There were 6,552 students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 52.9% of the county student body, while the other 47.1% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 76.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Cass County schools, followed by 9.4% of multiracial students, 8.1% of Hispanic students, 5.3% of African American students, 0.6% of American Indian students, 0.3% of Asian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Edwardsburg High School had the highest enrollment among Cass County's 24 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 815 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Edwardsburg High School	817	815	-0.2
Edwardsburg Middle School	644	643	-0.2
Howard-Ellis Elementary School	616	591	-4.1
Union High School	565	532	-5.8
Dowagiac Middle School	464	408	-12.1
Edwardsburg Intermediate School	403	404	0.2
Sam Adams Elementary School	376	370	-1.6
Edwardsburg Primary School	367	363	-1.1
Eagle Lake Elementary School	349	349	0
Marcellus Elementary School	318	300	-5.7
Justus Gage Elementary School	262	274	4.6
Cassopolis High School	280	271	-3.2
Patrick Hamilton Elementary School	246	236	-4.1
Kincheloe Elementary School	236	221	-6.4
Cassopolis Middle School	225	210	-6.7
Marcellus High School	187	162	-13.4
Marcellus Middle School	137	134	-2.2
Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center	67	68	1.5
Brookside Learning Center	53	60	13.2
North Pointe Center	61	58	-4.9
Pathfinders Alternative Education	46	38	-17.4
Volinia Outcome Base School	25	32	28
Cassopolis Alternative Education	10	13	30