Holland Reporter

There were 14,805 white students enrolled in Allegan County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Allegan County welcomed 17,979 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 82.3% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 54 schools in Allegan County, Wayland High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 721 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
Wayland High School	87.1	828
Plainwell High School	88.2	815
Hamilton High School	88.6	781
Otsego High School	90.9	751
Hamilton Middle School	88.2	719
Allegan High School	84.1	648
Wayland Union Middle School	84	649
Plainwell Middle School	86.7	596
Otsego Middle School	90.7	527
Hamilton Flex	81.9	547
Hopkins High School	89.6	498
Washington Street Elementary School	87.6	450
Starr Elementary School	83.3	460
L. E. White Middle School	84.1	447
Gilkey Elementary School	89.3	393
Hopkins Elementary School	90.4	386
Pine Street Elementary School	82.5	401
Douglas Elementary School	92.1	353
Hopkins Middle School	92.8	349
Hamilton Elementary School	87.3	355
Dorr School	86	343
Pine Trails Elementary School	85.5	344
Dix Street Elementary School	87.7	316
Martin High School	83.4	332
Paris Ridge Elementary School	83.1	325
Bessie B. Baker School	84.8	297
Baseline Middle School	59.7	412
Dawson Elementary School	82.2	297
RJ Steeby School	89.7	272
Robert D. Brandon Elementary School	84.9	278
Fennville Elementary School	44.7	523
Sycamore Elementary School	93.4	243
Saugatuck High School	84.6	259
West Ward Elementary School	85.4	246
Bentheim Elementary School	89.7	214
Saugatuck Middle School	91.1	190
Blue Star Elementary School	75.8	219
Fennville Public High School	42.3	378
North Shore Elementary School	61.9	247
Fennville Middle School	47	298
Hillside Learning Behavior Center	79.7	138
Allegan Alternative High School	87.8	123
Pullman Elementary School	42.4	210
Renaissance High School	84.5	84
Innocademy Allegan Campus	63.8	94
Sandyview Elementary School	92.1	63
Allegan Online K-8	91.3	46
Outlook Academy	92.7	41
Career Connections Academy	82.5	40
North Ward Elementary School	85.3	34
Glenn Public School	78.8	33
Otsego West Campus High School	96.3	27
Pearl Alternative/Adult Education School	56.8	44
Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus	62.5	16