St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

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.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Edwardsburg High School	90.6	815
Edwardsburg Middle School	87.7	643
Howard-Ellis Elementary School	68.4	591
Edwardsburg Intermediate School	92.6	404
Edwardsburg Primary School	89.8	363
Eagle Lake Elementary School	93.1	349
Union High School	58.8	532
Marcellus Elementary School	88.7	300
Sam Adams Elementary School	65.7	370
Dowagiac Middle School	58.1	408
Justus Gage Elementary School	69.3	274
Cassopolis High School	60.5	271
Kincheloe Elementary School	70.6	221
Marcellus High School	90.1	162
Cassopolis Middle School	61.4	210
Marcellus Middle School	89.6	134
Patrick Hamilton Elementary School	46.6	236
Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center	88.2	68
Brookside Learning Center	73.3	60
North Pointe Center	69	58
Volinia Outcome Base School	65.6	32
Pathfinders Alternative Education	42.1	38
Cassopolis Alternative Education	69.2	13