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There were 392 multiracial students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.3% 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, multiracial students comprised 3.8% of the student body to be the third highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 30 schools in Shiawassee County, Owosso High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial 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 multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Owosso High School	4	843
Corunna High School	4.4	666
Owosso Middle School	4.4	643
Perry High School	8.5	317
Central School	6.1	423
Bryant School	4.9	449
Perry Elementary School	5.6	356
Laingsburg Elementary School	3.5	511
Emerson School	3.8	452
Corunna Middle School	3.8	452
New Lothrop High School	3.5	401
Laingsburg Middle School	5.3	265
Robert Kerr School	4	348
Leonard Elementary School	3.9	311
Bertha Neal School	6.5	185
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	3.3	337
Nellie Reed Elementary School	6.1	164
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	4	198
New Lothrop Elementary School	1.5	476
Perry Middle School	2.4	286
Laingsburg High School	1.7	363
Durand Middle School	2.2	276
Byron Area Elementary School	1.9	314
Morrice Area Elementary School	2.5	242
Byron Area High School	2.5	236
Lincoln Alternative High School	5.9	101
Durand Area High School	1.2	425
Morrice Area High School	1.3	239
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	2.4	42
Byron Area Middle School	0	124