Battle Creek Times

There were 1,988 multiracial students enrolled in Calhoun County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.4% more 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, multiracial students comprised 10.2% of the student body to be the third highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Calhoun County, Lakeview Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 142 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Lakeview Middle School	12.2	1,164
Lakeview High School	9.7	1,383
Endeavor Charter Academy	19.4	679
Battle Creek Central High School	11.8	1,108
Valley View Elementary School	21.3	431
Fremont International Academy	22.3	341
Harper Creek Middle School	8.6	834
Minges Brook School	16.3	363
Pennfield Senior High School	8.3	653
Springfield Middle School	13	377
Harper Creek High School	5.3	904
Pennfield Middle School	10.8	446
Post Franklin School	20.4	225
Verona Elementary School	19.4	222
Pennfield Dunlap Elementary School	9.2	469
Westlake Elementary School	11.1	378
Harrington Elementary School	14.9	262
Beadle Lake Elementary School	11.7	325
Northwestern Middle School	18.3	202
Riverside Elementary School	9.7	352
Wattles Park Elementary School	9	378
Ann J. Kellogg School	14.6	226
Marshall Middle School	6	547
Prairieview School	12.4	258
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek High School	11.6	267
Battle Creek Montessori Academy	16.1	193
Marshall High School	4.1	733
Lamora Park School	18.2	159
Pennfield Purdy School	12.8	219
Sonoma Elementary School	7.1	378
Battle Creek Area Learning Center	13.5	185
Arbor Academy	12	192
Dudley School	15.4	143
Hughes Elementary School	7.4	270
Athens Junior-Senor High School	7.5	268
W. K. Kellogg Preparatory High School	11.5	157
North Pennfield Elementary School	9	199
Doris Klaussen Development Center	6	285
Walters Elementary School	5.4	316
East Leroy Elementary School	7.2	235
Battle Creek STEM Innovation Center	11.2	143
Gull Lake Virtual Partnership	5.3	304
Gordon Elementary School	6.2	259
Lillian Fletcher Elementary School	4.2	356
Marshall Opportunity High School	7.7	142
Lakeview Alternative High School	13.7	73
Mar Lee School	3.3	305
Homer Community High School	2.8	290
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy	6.3	112
Marshall Academy	2.2	272
Homer Middle School	1.9	264
West Michigan Virtual Battle Creek Middle School	6.1	33
Tekonsha Schools	1.1	186
Calhoun County Juvenile Home	0	18