Monroe Review

There were 17,722 white students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.4% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Monroe County welcomed 20,785 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 85.3% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 52 schools in Monroe County, Bedford Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,158 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
Bedford Senior High School	89.5	1,294
Monroe High School	75.6	1,304
Bedford Junior High School	89.4	911
Dundee Elementary School	91.2	851
Airport Senior High School	90.5	775
Triumph Academy	72.6	777
Monroe Road Elementary School	90	613
Custer Elementary School	73.8	741
Jackman Road Elementary School	88.3	597
Ida Elementary School	92.2	562
Douglas Road Elementary School	88.2	575
Monroe Middle School	73	653
Milan High School	83.8	568
Ida Middle School	94.9	494
Dundee Community High School	92.2	490
Jefferson High School	92.6	462
Wagar 7-8 Middle School	93.4	427
Ida High School	95.6	408
Dundee Middle School	93.1	407
Mason Central School	87.7	424
Jefferson Middle School	92.5	400
Wagar 5-6 Middle School	90	410
Raisinville School	82.8	435
Clayton H. Symons Elementary School	84	388
Whiteford Elementary School	92.2	334
Summerfield Elementary School	93.8	322
Mason Senior High School	86.4	345
Manor Elementary School	69.8	424
Joseph C. Sterling Elementary School	90.6	320
Monroe County Middle College	87.3	324
Loren Eyler Elementary School	84.1	296
Whiteford High School	92.5	267
Summerfield Junior-Senior High School	93.9	262
Fred W. Ritter Elementary School	87.5	280
Henry Niedermeier Elementary School	90.6	265
North Elementary School	88.1	261
Arborwood Elementary School	49.7	435
Waterloo Elementary School	75.1	281
Mason Middle School	83.9	248
Sodt Elementary School	89.4	217
Orchard Center High School	65.8	292
Whiteford Middle School	92.2	205
Monroe County Education Center	78.8	118
Monroe County Transition Center	95.3	64
Riverside Academy	98.2	56
Airport Center for Education	83.9	62
New Bedford Academy	62.7	83
Mason Virtual Academy	94.1	17
Airport Middle College	100	12
Monroe County Youth Center	64.7	17
Young Adult Program	75	12
Riverside Learning Center	100	2