Lansing Sun

There were 10,357 students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.8% 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 90.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Shiawassee County schools, followed by 4.1% of Hispanic students, 3.8% of multiracial students, 0.7% of African American students, 0.4% of Asian students, 0.1% 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 2023-24 school year, welcoming 807 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 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Owosso High School	843	807	-4.3
Corunna High School	666	647	-2.9
Owosso Middle School	643	644	0.2
Laingsburg Elementary School	511	521	2
New Lothrop Elementary School	476	508	6.7
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	337	508	50.7
Bryant School	449	463	3.1
Corunna Middle School	452	445	-1.5
Emerson School	452	443	-2
Central School	423	411	-2.8
New Lothrop High School	401	408	1.7
Durand Area High School	425	402	-5.4
Laingsburg High School	363	356	-1.9
Robert Kerr School	348	352	1.1
Perry Elementary School	356	337	-5.3
Perry High School	317	333	5
Byron Area Elementary School	314	319	1.6
Leonard Elementary School	311	318	2.3
Perry Middle School	286	293	2.4
Durand Middle School	276	271	-1.8
Laingsburg Middle School	265	259	-2.3
Morrice Area High School	239	231	-3.3
Morrice Area Elementary School	242	220	-9.1
Byron Area High School	236	210	-11
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	198	184	-7.1
Bertha Neal School	185	169	-8.6
Byron Area Middle School	124	133	7.3
Lincoln Alternative High School	101	129	27.7
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	42	36	-14.3
Nellie Reed Elementary School	164	--	--