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There were 18,342 white students enrolled in St. Clair County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that St. Clair County welcomed 21,454 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.5% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 55 schools in St. Clair County, Anchor Bay High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,625 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
Anchor Bay High School	88.7	1,833
Port Huron Northern High School	84.3	1,169
Port Huron High School	67.2	1,100
Marysville High School	94.9	769
St. Clair High School	93.7	767
Algonac Junior-Senior High School	96.6	672
Landmark Academy	74.5	850
St. Clair Middle School	95.8	643
Marysville Middle School	93.5	616
Yale Senior High School	93.8	551
Fort Gratiot Middle School	88	584
Marine City High School	97.1	523
Gardens Elementary School	94.8	480
Algonquin Elementary School	96.4	466
Keewahdin Elementary School	87.5	487
Central Middle School	67.2	629
Washington Elementary School	90.4	449
Edison Elementary School	90.2	418
Belle River Elementary School	96.3	376
Pine River Elementary School	94.2	379
Yale Junior High School	93.2	381
Gearing Elementary School	96.2	365
Yale Elementary School	95	341
Indian Woods Elementary School	87.9	365
Michigamme Elementary School	79.6	387
Capac Elementary School	89.8	342
Memphis Elementary School	92	325
Marine City Middle School	97.3	292
Morton Elementary School	88.2	322
Holland Woods Middle School	64.8	420
Capac Junior-Senior High School	78.6	336
Francois Maconce Elementary School	84.5	303
H. D. Crull Elementary School	67.9	358
Garfield Elementary School	70.6	343
Palms Elementary School	97.5	237
Avoca Elementary School	91.3	252
Blue Water Middle College Academy	89.8	255
John F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary School	92.5	201
Millside Elementary School	95.9	194
Roosevelt Elementary School	59.8	276
Woodland Developmental Center	84.4	186
Literacy Academy at Cleveland Elementary	53.2	278
Virtual Learning Academyof St. Clair County	87.4	135
Port Huron Schools Phoenix Academy	69.1	162
East Shore Leadership Academy	60.7	183
STEAM Academy at Woodrow Wilson Elementary	44	207
Capac Virtual Education Program	82.1	56
East China Virtual Academy	97.8	45
St. Clair County Intervention Academy	56.1	41
Riverview East High School	88	25
Algonac Alternative Education	100	18
Compass Pointe	70.8	24
Port Huron Schools Virtual School	77.8	18
Phoenix Alternative School	86.7	15
Harrison Center	80	5