Monroe Review

There were 20,511 students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.1% of the county student body, while the other 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 84.4% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Monroe County schools, followed by 6% of Hispanic students, 4.6% of multiracial students, 4.2% of African American students, 0.4% of Asian students, 0.3% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Monroe High School had the highest enrollment among Monroe County's 53 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,295 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Monroe High School	1,304	1,295	-0.7
Bedford Senior High School	1,294	1,256	-2.9
Bedford Junior High School	911	923	1.3
Airport Senior High School	775	776	0.1
Triumph Academy	777	771	-0.8
Dundee Elementary School	851	689	-19
Custer Elementary School	741	674	-9
Monroe Middle School	653	661	1.2
Wagar 7-8 Middle School	427	626	46.6
Monroe Road Elementary School	613	610	-0.5
Jackman Road Elementary School	597	588	-1.5
Douglas Road Elementary School	575	571	-0.7
Milan High School	568	559	-1.6
Ida Elementary School	562	548	-2.5
Dundee Middle School	407	520	27.8
Dundee Community High School	490	514	4.9
Ida Middle School	494	479	-3
Raisinville School	435	444	2.1
Ida High School	408	441	8.1
Jefferson High School	462	431	-6.7
Mason Central School	424	426	0.5
Manor Elementary School	424	411	-3.1
Arborwood Elementary School	435	404	-7.1
Jefferson Middle School	400	390	-2.5
Clayton H. Symons Elementary School	388	379	-2.3
Joseph C. Sterling Elementary School	320	364	13.7
Whiteford Elementary School	334	359	7.5
Mason Senior High School	345	324	-6.1
Monroe County Middle College	324	321	-0.9
Summerfield Elementary School	322	315	-2.2
Orchard Center High School	292	297	1.7
Loren Eyler Elementary School	296	279	-5.7
North Elementary School	261	273	4.6
Whiteford High School	267	269	0.7
Waterloo Elementary School	281	268	-4.6
Fred W. Ritter Elementary School	280	257	-8.2
Summerfield Junior-Senior High School	262	245	-6.5
Henry Niedermeier Elementary School	265	240	-9.4
Mason Middle School	248	240	-3.2
Wagar 5-6 Middle School	410	234	-42.9
Sodt Elementary School	217	231	6.5
Whiteford Middle School	205	196	-4.4
Monroe County Education Center	118	117	-0.8
New Bedford Academy	83	82	-1.2
Monroe County Transition Center	64	64	0
Airport Center for Education	62	60	-3.2
Riverside Academy	56	42	-25
Mason Virtual Academy	17	16	-5.9
Monroe County Youth Center	17	13	-23.5
Young Adult Program	12	10	-16.7
Airport Middle College	12	9	-25
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