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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 76.2% of Cass County's student body in 2022-23 school year

Superintendent of public instruction michael f rice 2023

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

There were 4,995 white students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Cass County welcomed 6,552 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 76.2% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Cass County, Edwardsburg High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 738 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.

Ethnicities in Cass County in 2022-23 School Year

White [76.2%]Multiracial [9.4%]Hispanic [8.1%]African American [5.3%]Ethnicities < 5% [1%]

Enrollment Demographics in Cass County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of white students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Edwardsburg High School90.6815
Edwardsburg Middle School87.7643
Howard-Ellis Elementary School68.4591
Edwardsburg Intermediate School92.6404
Edwardsburg Primary School89.8363
Eagle Lake Elementary School93.1349
Union High School58.8532
Marcellus Elementary School88.7300
Sam Adams Elementary School65.7370
Dowagiac Middle School58.1408
Justus Gage Elementary School69.3274
Cassopolis High School60.5271
Kincheloe Elementary School70.6221
Marcellus High School90.1162
Cassopolis Middle School61.4210
Marcellus Middle School89.6134
Patrick Hamilton Elementary School46.6236
Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center88.268
Brookside Learning Center73.360
North Pointe Center6958
Volinia Outcome Base School65.632
Pathfinders Alternative Education42.138
Cassopolis Alternative Education69.213

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