Lansing Sun

There were 9,519 white students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Shiawassee County welcomed 10,445 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 91.1% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Shiawassee County, Owosso High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 759 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
Owosso High School	90	843
Corunna High School	91.3	666
Owosso Middle School	89.3	643
Laingsburg Elementary School	91.4	511
New Lothrop Elementary School	92.9	476
Emerson School	91.6	452
Corunna Middle School	91.4	452
Durand Area High School	93.6	425
Bryant School	88.2	449
Central School	88.2	423
New Lothrop High School	90.5	401
Laingsburg High School	90.4	363
Robert Kerr School	93.7	348
Perry Elementary School	91	356
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	93.2	337
Byron Area Elementary School	92.4	314
Leonard Elementary School	92.3	311
Perry High School	86.8	317
Perry Middle School	94.4	286
Durand Middle School	89.9	276
Laingsburg Middle School	88.7	265
Morrice Area High School	95.4	239
Morrice Area Elementary School	92.6	242
Byron Area High School	93.6	236
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	90.9	198
Bertha Neal School	89.7	185
Nellie Reed Elementary School	88.4	164
Byron Area Middle School	97.6	124
Lincoln Alternative High School	89.1	101
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	95.2	42