Monroe Review

There were 20,297 students enrolled in Monroe County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.2% of the county student body, while the other 48.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 83.8% of the student body, the highest percentage in Monroe County schools, followed by 6.2% Hispanic, 5.2% multiracial, 4.1% African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.3% American Indian and less than 0.1% Hawaiian students.

Monroe High School had the highest enrollment among Monroe County's 53 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,332 students.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,427,386 students enrolled in Michigan schools, a figure 4.8% below the pre-pandemic total of 1,499,552 in 2019-20, with white students seeing the largest decline of approximately 3%.

Academic performance in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, the share of students reaching the basic benchmark in core subjects is about 10 percentage points lower than in 2019—except for fourth-grade math, which saw a decline of just 2 points.

Achievement gaps between ethnic groups also persist. On average, Hispanic students scored 15 points below white students. The gap was even wider for Black students, who scored about 30 points lower than their white peers.

The 2025 education budget, approved by Gov. Whitmer last July, totals $23.4 billion—$900 million less than the previous year’s budget. K-12 schools are working with $20.6 billion, a reduction from the $21.5 billion allocated in 2024.

Some school superintendents and educators were concerned about the new budget. "Schools cannot function properly without adequate funding for safety and mental health," stated Rep. David Martin, R-Davison, referring to a significant cut of around $301 million from school safety and mental health programs. Based on the current bill, the program will receive just $26.5 million.

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Monroe High School	1,295	1,332	2.9%
Bedford Senior High School	1,256	1,260	0.3%
Bedford Junior High School	923	923	0%
Triumph Academy	771	777	0.8%
Custer Elementary School	674	769	14.1%
Airport Senior High School	776	760	-2.1%
Dundee Elementary School	689	685	-0.6%
Monroe Middle School	661	674	2%
Wagar 7-8 Middle School	626	641	2.4%
Monroe Road Elementary School	610	595	-2.5%
Jackman Road Elementary School	588	580	-1.4%
Douglas Road Elementary School	571	553	-3.2%
Dundee Middle School	520	533	2.5%
Milan High School	559	526	-5.9%
Ida Elementary School	548	514	-6.2%
Dundee Community High School	514	493	-4.1%
Ida Middle School	479	467	-2.5%
Arborwood Elementary School	404	462	14.4%
Ida High School	441	451	2.3%
Manor Elementary School	411	444	8%
Raisinville School	444	443	-0.2%
Jefferson High School	431	430	-0.2%
Mason Central School	426	421	-1.2%
Whiteford Elementary School	359	380	5.8%
Joseph C. Sterling Elementary School	364	370	1.6%
North Elementary School	273	366	34.1%
Clayton H. Symons Elementary School	379	356	-6.1%
Monroe County Middle College	321	320	-0.3%
Mason Senior High School	324	316	-2.5%
Summerfield Elementary School	315	312	-1%
Jefferson Middle School	390	304	-22.1%
Loren Eyler Elementary School	279	292	4.7%
Fred W. Ritter Elementary School	257	265	3.1%
Whiteford High School	269	262	-2.6%
Orchard Center High School	297	260	-12.5%
Summerfield Junior-Senior High School	245	251	2.4%
Henry Niedermeier Elementary School	240	242	0.8%
Sodt Elementary School	231	236	2.2%
Mason Middle School	240	223	-7.1%
Wagar 5-6 Middle School	234	221	-5.6%
Whiteford Middle School	196	188	-4.1%
Monroe County Education Center	117	129	10.3%
Monroe County Transition Center	64	67	4.7%
New Bedford Academy	82	63	-23.2%
Airport Center for Education	60	49	-18.3%
Riverside Academy	42	46	9.5%
Mason Virtual Academy	16	20	25%
Monroe County Youth Center	13	16	23.1%
Young Adult Program	10	10	0%
Airport Middle College	9	--	--
Waterloo Elementary School	268	--	--