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Cass County Education: 615 multiracial students were enrolled in schools 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 615 multiracial students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.1% 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, multiracial students comprised 9.4% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Cass County, Union High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 75 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 multiracial students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Union High School14.1532
Sam Adams Elementary School19.5370
Dowagiac Middle School16.2408
Howard-Ellis Elementary School10.2591
Cassopolis Middle School24.3210
Cassopolis High School17.7271
Edwardsburg Middle School5643
Kincheloe Elementary School14221
Edwardsburg High School3.7815
Patrick Hamilton Elementary School12.7236
Justus Gage Elementary School10.2274
Marcellus Elementary School7300
Edwardsburg Primary School3363
Marcellus Middle School7.5134
Edwardsburg Intermediate School2.2404
Eagle Lake Elementary School2349
Marcellus High School4.3162
Brookside Learning Center1060
Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center7.468
North Pointe Center8.658
Pathfinders Alternative Education13.238
Volinia Outcome Base School12.532
Cassopolis Alternative Education15.413