Monroe Review

There were 874 multiracial students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.6% more 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, multiracial students comprised 4.2% of the student body to be the third highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 52 schools in Monroe County, Triumph Academy recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 100 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
Triumph Academy	12.9	777
Custer Elementary School	11.1	741
Arborwood Elementary School	12.6	435
Monroe High School	3.8	1,304
Manor Elementary School	11.1	424
Bedford Senior High School	2.7	1,294
Raisinville School	7.6	435
Airport Senior High School	3.9	775
Waterloo Elementary School	10.3	281
Dundee Elementary School	3.1	851
Clayton H. Symons Elementary School	6.4	388
Bedford Junior High School	2.6	911
Monroe Road Elementary School	3.9	613
Jackman Road Elementary School	3.4	597
Monroe Middle School	2.9	653
Milan High School	3.2	568
Douglas Road Elementary School	3	575
Jefferson High School	3.7	462
Orchard Center High School	5.5	292
Fred W. Ritter Elementary School	5.4	280
Monroe County Middle College	4.3	324
Loren Eyler Elementary School	4.4	296
North Elementary School	5	261
New Bedford Academy	15.7	83
Sodt Elementary School	5.1	217
Dundee Community High School	2	490
Jefferson Middle School	2.5	400
Mason Central School	2.1	424
Summerfield Elementary School	2.8	322
Ida Elementary School	1.4	562
Wagar 5-6 Middle School	2	410
Wagar 7-8 Middle School	1.6	427
Henry Niedermeier Elementary School	2.6	265
Monroe County Education Center	5.9	118
Mason Middle School	2.4	248
Ida Middle School	1.2	494
Dundee Middle School	1.5	407
Whiteford Elementary School	1.5	334
Joseph C. Sterling Elementary School	1.6	320
Ida High School	1.2	408
Whiteford Middle School	2.4	205
Whiteford High School	1.5	267
Mason Senior High School	0.9	345
Airport Center for Education	4.8	62
Monroe County Transition Center	3.1	64
Monroe County Youth Center	11.8	17
Summerfield Junior-Senior High School	0.4	262
Young Adult Program	8.3	12
Riverside Academy	0	56
Mason Virtual Academy	0	17
Airport Middle College	0	12
Riverside Learning Center	0	2