MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education
MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education
Data showed that Grand Traverse County welcomed 12,169 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the fourth highest represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 31 schools in Grand Traverse County, Fife Lake Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 39 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 American Indian students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Fife Lake Elementary School | 26.5 | 147 |
| Traverse Heights Elementary School | 8.7 | 276 |
| Central High School | 1.5 | 1,324 |
| West Senior High School | 1.2 | 1,472 |
| Central Grade School | 2.8 | 537 |
| West Middle School | 1.2 | 1,108 |
| East Middle School | 1.7 | 779 |
| Grand Traverse Academy | 1.1 | 798 |
| Cherry Knoll Elementary School | 2.1 | 341 |
| Courtade Elementary School | 3.3 | 209 |
| Traverse City High School | 4 | 149 |
| Eastern Elementary School | 1 | 480 |
| Kingsley Area High School | 1 | 407 |
| Silver Lake Elementary School | 1.4 | 293 |
| Life Skills Center | 3 | 134 |
| Willow Hill Elementary School | 0.7 | 444 |
| Mill Creek Elementary School | 1.2 | 248 |
| The Greenspire School | 2 | 151 |
| Long Lake Elementary School | 0.6 | 357 |
| Kingsley Area Elementary School | 0.4 | 544 |
| TCAPS Montessori School | 0.3 | 297 |
| The Greenspire School | 1 | 98 |
| Westwoods Elementary School | 0.3 | 347 |
| Kingsley Area Middle School | 0.2 | 483 |
| North Ed Creekside School | 1.9 | 54 |
| Blair Elementary School | 0 | 205 |
| Woodland School | 0 | 212 |
| Old Mission Peninsula School | 0 | 135 |
| North Ed Bridgeway | 0 | 59 |
| North Ed New Horizons | 0 | 80 |
| TBA Career Technology Center | 0 | 1 |
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