SE Grand Rapids News

There were 252 multiracial students enrolled in Ionia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Ionia County welcomed 8,178 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.1% of the student body to be the third highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 28 schools in Ionia County, Ionia Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 28 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Ionia Middle School	4.2	664
Lakewood Elementary School	4.3	493
Portland High School	2.7	702
Ionia High School	2.1	805
Jefferson School	5.1	315
Portland Middle School	3.9	415
Belding High School	2.7	557
Belding Middle School	4.3	325
A. A. Rather School	4.4	321
Oakwood Elementary School	2.8	497
Woodview Elementary School	3.5	373
Ellis Elementary School	3.3	394
Saranac Junior-Senior High School	2.2	405
Westwood Elementary School	2.2	405
R. B. Boyce Elementary School	2.7	264
Saranac Elementary School	1.6	434
Twin Rivers Elementary School	3.7	188
Emerson School	2.3	172
Douglas R. Welch High School	3.6	83
Pewamo-Westphalia Elementary School	1.6	190
Freedom Acres School	1.5	133
Haynor School	11.1	9
North LeValley Elementary School	0	14
Coon School	0	9
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility	0	4
Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility	0	4
Handlon Correctional Facility	0	2
Michigan Reformatory	0	1