Lansing Sun

There were 10,445 students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.9% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.7% of the county student body, while the other 48.3% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 91.1% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Shiawassee County schools, followed by 3.9% of Hispanic students, 3.8% of multiracial students, 0.6% of African American students, 0.3% of Asian students, 0.2% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Owosso High School had the highest enrollment among Shiawassee County's 30 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 843 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 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Owosso High School	858	843	-1.7
Corunna High School	701	666	-5
Owosso Middle School	666	643	-3.5
Laingsburg Elementary School	516	511	-1
New Lothrop Elementary School	474	476	0.4
Emerson School	443	452	2
Corunna Middle School	439	452	3
Bryant School	466	449	-3.6
Durand Area High School	438	425	-3
Central School	404	423	4.7
New Lothrop High School	414	401	-3.1
Laingsburg High School	381	363	-4.7
Perry Elementary School	364	356	-2.2
Robert Kerr School	355	348	-2
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	330	337	2.1
Perry High School	333	317	-4.8
Byron Area Elementary School	338	314	-7.1
Leonard Elementary School	316	311	-1.6
Perry Middle School	290	286	-1.4
Durand Middle School	272	276	1.5
Laingsburg Middle School	259	265	2.3
Morrice Area Elementary School	267	242	-9.4
Morrice Area High School	217	239	10.1
Byron Area High School	261	236	-9.6
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	200	198	-1
Bertha Neal School	162	185	14.2
Nellie Reed Elementary School	141	164	16.3
Byron Area Middle School	101	124	22.8
Lincoln Alternative High School	69	101	46.4
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	70	42	-40