Monroe Review

There were 17,313 white students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Monroe County welcomed 20,511 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 84.4% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 51 schools in Monroe County, Bedford Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,104 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	87.9	1,256
Monroe High School	74.2	1,295
Bedford Junior High School	88.8	923
Airport Senior High School	90.9	776
Dundee Elementary School	90.6	689
Wagar 7-8 Middle School	90.1	626
Monroe Road Elementary School	88.7	610
Triumph Academy	68.9	771
Jackman Road Elementary School	88.1	588
Ida Elementary School	92.5	548
Custer Elementary School	74.6	674
Douglas Road Elementary School	86.3	571
Dundee Middle School	93.3	520
Milan High School	85.5	559
Dundee Community High School	92.8	514
Monroe Middle School	71.7	661
Ida Middle School	92.9	479
Ida High School	95.9	441
Jefferson High School	92.6	431
Mason Central School	86.9	426
Raisinville School	81.5	444
Jefferson Middle School	91	390
Joseph C. Sterling Elementary School	91.8	364
Whiteford Elementary School	91.4	359
Clayton H. Symons Elementary School	84.2	379
Summerfield Elementary School	93.7	315
Manor Elementary School	68.1	411
Mason Senior High School	85.2	324
Monroe County Middle College	85.7	321
Whiteford High School	91.4	269
North Elementary School	86.8	273
Loren Eyler Elementary School	83.9	279
Fred W. Ritter Elementary School	89.5	257
Summerfield Junior-Senior High School	93.5	245
Henry Niedermeier Elementary School	87.5	240
Wagar 5-6 Middle School	88	234
Mason Middle School	83.3	240
Sodt Elementary School	85.7	231
Waterloo Elementary School	71.6	268
Orchard Center High School	64.3	297
Arborwood Elementary School	45.5	404
Whiteford Middle School	90.8	196
Monroe County Education Center	80.3	117
Monroe County Transition Center	90.6	64
New Bedford Academy	62.2	82
Airport Center for Education	83.3	60
Riverside Academy	90.5	42
Mason Virtual Academy	87.5	16
Airport Middle College	100	9
Monroe County Youth Center	69.2	13
Young Adult Program	90	10