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There were 4,158 white students enrolled in Huron County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Huron County welcomed 4,445 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 93.5% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Huron County, Bad Axe High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 393 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
Bad Axe High School	95.2	413
Laker Elementary School	92.8	401
Ubly Community Junior-Senior High School	98.7	317
North Huron School	89.9	318
Unionville-Sebewaing Elementary School	94	298
Ubly Community Elementary School	96.5	289
Laker High School	93.6	296
Unionville-Sebewaing High School	93.7	238
Laker Middle School	92.5	239
Bad Axe Middle School	93.3	224
Caseville School K-12	92.3	221
Harbor Beach Community High School	92.9	212
Bad Axe Elementary School	92.6	204
Harbor Beach Elementary School	97.1	175
Unionville-Sebewaing Middle School	90.8	142
Harbor Beach Middle School	98.1	104
Owendale-Gagetown Junior/Senior High School	89	82
Owendale-Gagetown Elementary School	88.4	69
Huron Learning Center	93.9	49
Ascent High School	84.8	46
Adams Elementary School	76.5	34
Verona Mills School	100	25
Eccles School	96	25
Church School	91.7	12
Big Burning School	75	12