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Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised 0.4% of Ionia County's student body in 2022-23 school year

Superintendent of public instruction michael f rice 2023

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

There were 29 Asian students enrolled in Ionia County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.1% 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, Asian students comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the third lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 28 schools in Ionia County, Belding High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of eight 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 Ionia County in 2022-23 School Year

White [87%]Hispanic [8.4%]Ethnicities < 5% [4.6%]

Enrollment Demographics in Ionia County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Asian students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Belding High School1.4557
Portland High School0.6702
Woodview Elementary School1.1373
Saranac Elementary School0.7434
Lakewood Elementary School0.6493
Ionia Middle School0.3664
Saranac Junior-Senior High School0.2405
Westwood Elementary School0.2405
Ellis Elementary School0.3394
Portland Middle School0.2415
Pewamo-Westphalia Elementary School0.5190
Ionia High School0805
Oakwood Elementary School0497
Freedom Acres School0133
A. A. Rather School0321
Twin Rivers Elementary School0188
Emerson School0172
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility04
Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility04
Jefferson School0315
R. B. Boyce Elementary School0264
Handlon Correctional Facility02
Belding Middle School0325
Douglas R. Welch High School083
Michigan Reformatory01
Haynor School09
North LeValley Elementary School014
Coon School09

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