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There were 21,454 students enrolled in St. Clair County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51% of the county student body, while the other 49% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 85.5% of the student body, the biggest percentage in St. Clair County schools, followed by 5.4% of multiracial students, 4.5% of Hispanic students, 3.8% of African American students, 0.5% of Asian students, 0.3% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Anchor Bay High School had the highest enrollment among St. Clair County's 56 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 1,833 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
Anchor Bay High School	1,879	1,833	-2.4
Port Huron Northern High School	1,193	1,169	-2
Port Huron High School	1,199	1,100	-8.3
Landmark Academy	809	850	5.1
Marysville High School	798	769	-3.6
St. Clair High School	746	767	2.8
Algonac Junior-Senior High School	678	672	-0.9
St. Clair Middle School	667	643	-3.6
Central Middle School	676	629	-7
Marysville Middle School	634	616	-2.8
Fort Gratiot Middle School	563	584	3.7
Yale Senior High School	579	551	-4.8
Marine City High School	537	523	-2.6
Keewahdin Elementary School	466	487	4.5
Gardens Elementary School	489	480	-1.8
Algonquin Elementary School	483	466	-3.5
Washington Elementary School	406	449	10.6
Holland Woods Middle School	430	420	-2.3
Edison Elementary School	407	418	2.7
Michigamme Elementary School	421	387	-8.1
Yale Junior High School	406	381	-6.2
Pine River Elementary School	368	379	3
Belle River Elementary School	376	376	0
Indian Woods Elementary School	368	365	-0.8
Gearing Elementary School	391	365	-6.6
H. D. Crull Elementary School	331	358	8.2
Garfield Elementary School	330	343	3.9
Capac Elementary School	337	342	1.5
Yale Elementary School	363	341	-6.1
Capac Junior-Senior High School	331	336	1.5
Memphis Elementary School	321	325	1.2
Morton Elementary School	312	322	3.2
Francois Maconce Elementary School	274	303	10.6
Marine City Middle School	325	292	-10.2
Literacy Academy at Cleveland Elementary	267	278	4.1
Roosevelt Elementary School	267	276	3.4
Blue Water Middle College Academy	296	255	-13.9
Avoca Elementary School	246	252	2.4
Palms Elementary School	233	237	1.7
STEAM Academy at Woodrow Wilson Elementary	197	207	5.1
John F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary School	192	201	4.7
Millside Elementary School	215	194	-9.8
Woodland Developmental Center	180	186	3.3
East Shore Leadership Academy	151	183	21.2
Port Huron Schools Phoenix Academy	104	162	55.8
Virtual Learning Academyof St. Clair County	139	135	-2.9
Capac Virtual Education Program	98	56	-42.9
East China Virtual Academy	78	45	-42.3
St. Clair County Intervention Academy	54	41	-24.1
Riverview East High School	60	25	-58.3
Compass Pointe	33	24	-27.3
Port Huron Schools Virtual School	72	18	-75
Algonac Alternative Education	25	18	-28
Phoenix Alternative School	17	15	-11.8
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