St. Joe-Benton Harbor News

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.

School name	% of multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Union High School	14.1	532
Sam Adams Elementary School	19.5	370
Dowagiac Middle School	16.2	408
Howard-Ellis Elementary School	10.2	591
Cassopolis Middle School	24.3	210
Cassopolis High School	17.7	271
Edwardsburg Middle School	5	643
Kincheloe Elementary School	14	221
Edwardsburg High School	3.7	815
Patrick Hamilton Elementary School	12.7	236
Justus Gage Elementary School	10.2	274
Marcellus Elementary School	7	300
Edwardsburg Primary School	3	363
Marcellus Middle School	7.5	134
Edwardsburg Intermediate School	2.2	404
Eagle Lake Elementary School	2	349
Marcellus High School	4.3	162
Brookside Learning Center	10	60
Edwardsburg Alternative Learning Center	7.4	68
North Pointe Center	8.6	58
Pathfinders Alternative Education	13.2	38
Volinia Outcome Base School	12.5	32
Cassopolis Alternative Education	15.4	13