Battle Creek Times

There were 11,974 white students enrolled in Calhoun County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Calhoun County welcomed 19,483 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 61.5% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Calhoun County, Lakeview High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 768 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
Lakeview High School	55.5	1,383
Harper Creek High School	83.4	904
Harper Creek Middle School	82	834
Lakeview Middle School	48.1	1,164
Marshall High School	76.3	733
Pennfield Senior High School	79.6	653
Marshall Middle School	73.3	547
Pennfield Dunlap Elementary School	79.5	469
Pennfield Middle School	77.8	446
Battle Creek Central High School	30.9	1,108
Lillian Fletcher Elementary School	92.4	356
Sonoma Elementary School	86.2	378
Wattles Park Elementary School	79.4	378
Homer Community High School	93.4	290
Mar Lee School	86.6	305
Walters Elementary School	81.6	316
Beadle Lake Elementary School	78.5	325
Gull Lake Virtual Partnership	81.9	304
Homer Middle School	93.6	264
Endeavor Charter Academy	35.8	679
Athens Junior-Senor High School	85.8	268
Hughes Elementary School	83.3	270
Gordon Elementary School	83.8	259
Westlake Elementary School	54.2	378
East Leroy Elementary School	86	235
Doris Klaussen Development Center	66	285
Riverside Elementary School	51.7	352
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek High School	67	267
Valley View Elementary School	39.9	431
Marshall Academy	62.5	272
Tekonsha Schools	90.9	186
Minges Brook School	45.5	363
North Pennfield Elementary School	82.4	199
Pennfield Purdy School	73.5	219
Springfield Middle School	35	377
Battle Creek Area Learning Center	69.2	185
Prairieview School	45.7	258
Battle Creek Montessori Academy	58	193
Harrington Elementary School	32.4	262
Marshall Opportunity High School	57	142
Fremont International Academy	22.9	341
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy	61.6	112
Arbor Academy	32.3	192
Post Franklin School	26.2	225
Verona Elementary School	26.1	222
Ann J. Kellogg School	22.6	226
Lamora Park School	31.4	159
Northwestern Middle School	22.8	202
Lakeview Alternative High School	56.2	73
W. K. Kellogg Preparatory High School	24.2	157
Dudley School	21	143
Battle Creek STEM Innovation Center	16.1	143
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek Middle School	66.7	33
Calhoun County Juvenile Home	66.7	18