Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 88.1% of Grand Traverse County's student body in 2023-24 school year

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

By North Michigan News

Dec 13, 2024

There were 10,726 white students enrolled in Grand Traverse County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Grand Traverse County welcomed 12,169 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.1% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 31 schools in Grand Traverse County, West Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,310 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.

Ethnicities in Grand Traverse County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Grand Traverse County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
West Senior High School	89	1,472
Central High School	88.9	1,324
West Middle School	88.9	1,108
Grand Traverse Academy	88.8	798
East Middle School	86.9	779
Kingsley Area Elementary School	95.4	544
Kingsley Area Middle School	95	483
Central Grade School	80.4	537
Eastern Elementary School	89.4	480
Willow Hill Elementary School	91.2	444
Kingsley Area High School	93.6	407
Westwoods Elementary School	95.7	347
Long Lake Elementary School	90.5	357
Cherry Knoll Elementary School	83.3	341
Silver Lake Elementary School	91.5	293
TCAPS Montessori School	88.6	297
Mill Creek Elementary School	88.7	248
Woodland School	95.8	212
Traverse Heights Elementary School	65.9	276
Courtade Elementary School	86.1	209
Blair Elementary School	82	205
The Greenspire School	86.1	151
Life Skills Center	90.3	134
Old Mission Peninsula School	83	135
Traverse City High School	71.1	149
Fife Lake Elementary School	64.6	147
The Greenspire School	82.7	98
North Ed New Horizons	90	80
North Ed Bridgeway	91.5	59
North Ed Creekside School	88.9	54
TBA Career Technology Center	100	1