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There were 408 Hispanic students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.8% more 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, Hispanic students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Shiawassee County, Owosso High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 34 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 Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Owosso High School	4	843
Owosso Middle School	5.1	643
Bryant School	5.6	449
Laingsburg High School	6.9	363
Corunna High School	3.5	666
New Lothrop Elementary School	4.8	476
Durand Middle School	8	276
Laingsburg Elementary School	4.1	511
Central School	5	423
Emerson School	4.2	452
New Lothrop High School	4.5	401
Byron Area Elementary School	5.1	314
Corunna Middle School	3.1	452
Laingsburg Middle School	4.9	265
Durand Area High School	2.8	425
Leonard Elementary School	3.5	311
Morrice Area Elementary School	4.1	242
Perry Elementary School	2.5	356
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	2.7	337
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	4.5	198
Nellie Reed Elementary School	4.9	164
Perry High School	1.9	317
Morrice Area High School	2.5	239
Bertha Neal School	2.7	185
Byron Area High School	1.7	236
Lincoln Alternative High School	4	101
Robert Kerr School	0.9	348
Perry Middle School	0.7	286
Byron Area Middle School	1.6	124
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	2.4	42