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There were 4,445 students enrolled in Huron County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Girls made up 50.1% of the county student body, while the other 49.9% were boys.

Data also showed that white students made up 93.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Huron County schools, followed by 3.7% of Hispanic students, 1.6% of multiracial students, 0.5% of African American students, 0.5% of Asian students, less than 0.1% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Bad Axe High School had the highest enrollment among Huron County's 26 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 413 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	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Bad Axe High School	407	413	1.5
Laker Elementary School	390	401	2.8
North Huron School	336	318	-5.4
Ubly Community Junior-Senior High School	320	317	-0.9
Unionville-Sebewaing Elementary School	282	298	5.7
Laker High School	296	296	0
Ubly Community Elementary School	282	289	2.5
Laker Middle School	226	239	5.8
Unionville-Sebewaing High School	226	238	5.3
Bad Axe Middle School	232	224	-3.4
Caseville School K-12	248	221	-10.9
Harbor Beach Community High School	213	212	-0.5
Bad Axe Elementary School	193	204	5.7
Harbor Beach Elementary School	190	175	-7.9
Unionville-Sebewaing Middle School	153	142	-7.2
Harbor Beach Middle School	103	104	1
Owendale-Gagetown Junior/Senior High School	86	82	-4.7
Owendale-Gagetown Elementary School	74	69	-6.8
Huron Learning Center	49	49	0
Ascent High School	44	46	4.5
Adams Elementary School	31	34	9.7
Verona Mills School	26	25	-3.8
Eccles School	28	25	-10.7
Big Burning School	15	12	-20
Church School	14	12	-14.3