Lansing Sun

There were 9,419 white students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Shiawassee County welcomed 10,357 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 90.9% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 29 schools in Shiawassee County, Owosso High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 719 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	89.1	807
Corunna High School	90.6	647
Owosso Middle School	90.1	644
New Lothrop Elementary School	92.7	508
Laingsburg Elementary School	89.8	521
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	90.4	508
Corunna Middle School	91.5	445
Bryant School	87.7	463
Emerson School	90.5	443
New Lothrop High School	92.6	408
Central School	88.6	411
Durand Area High School	89.8	402
Robert Kerr School	92.6	352
Laingsburg High School	90.7	356
Perry Elementary School	92	337
Perry High School	88.9	333
Byron Area Elementary School	92.2	319
Leonard Elementary School	91.2	318
Perry Middle School	93.2	293
Durand Middle School	95.6	271
Laingsburg Middle School	88.4	259
Morrice Area High School	95.2	231
Byron Area High School	98.6	210
Morrice Area Elementary School	92.7	220
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	89.1	184
Bertha Neal School	89.3	169
Byron Area Middle School	94	133
Lincoln Alternative High School	89.1	129
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	91.7	36