St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

There were 4,895 white students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Cass County welcomed 6,456 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 75.8% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 24 schools in Cass County, Edwardsburg High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 700 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	89.5	782
Edwardsburg Middle School	87.7	636
Howard-Ellis Elementary School	68.9	598
Eagle Lake Elementary School	89	400
Edwardsburg Intermediate School	93.9	360
Union High School	56.6	530
Edwardsburg Primary School	88.2	331
Sam Adams Elementary School	63.2	370
Marcellus Elementary School	88.3	264
Dowagiac Middle School	57.8	379
Justus Gage Elementary School	69.3	283
Kincheloe Elementary School	71.9	224
Cassopolis High School	60.6	259
Marcellus High School	88.4	164
Cassopolis Middle School	62.3	207
Marcellus Middle School	88.5	139
Patrick Hamilton Elementary School	50	220
Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center	93.8	65
Brookside Learning Center	75	72
Volinia Outcome Base School	77.1	48
North Pointe Center	64.2	53
Pathfinders Alternative Education	66	50
Cassopolis Alternative Education	59.1	22
Marcellus Community Education Center	100	1