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There were 108,275 African American students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Wayne County welcomed 258,535 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 41.9% of the student body to be the highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 548 schools in Wayne County, Cass Technical High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,823 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 African American students enrolment	Total enrollment
Cass Technical High School	76.1	2,395
Renaissance High School	97.9	1,146
Detroit Service Learning Academy Campus	99.9	902
Advanced Technology Academy	73.7	1,215
MacKenzie Elementary-Middle School	98.2	909
Mumford High School	98.8	889
Harper Woods High School	97.6	879
River Rouge High School	86.9	966
University Preparatory Art Design Middle-High School	98.3	843
Belleville High School	46.8	1,770
Gompers Elementary-Middle School	98	838
Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School	99.8	821
Detroit Edison Public School Academy	98	832
John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy	98.3	814
Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts	98.7	793
Chandler Park Academy - Elementary School	100	772
Bates Academy	99.6	755
Westfield Preparatory High School	90.7	828
Henry Ford High School	99.6	712
Lee M. Thurston High School	80.2	883
Legacy Charter Academy	93.8	739
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School	97.6	706
Ronald Brown Academy	98	703
Detroit Enterprise Academy	92.2	746
Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts	99.1	692
East English Village Preparatory Academy	98.3	697
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy	93.3	732
Chandler Park Academy - High School	100	682
David Ellis Academy West	99.1	663
Detroit Merit Charter Academy	92.3	703
Warrendale Charter Academy	91	709
Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies	97.9	652
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences	99.7	635
Southeastern High School	97.7	644
Detroit Premier Academy	87.3	715
Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science	98.1	618
Distinctive College Prep Harper Woods	99	596
Grand River Academy	80	736
Flagship Charter Academy	91.4	643
John Glenn High School	37.6	1,552
Durfee Elementary-Middle School	98.3	593
Bow Elementary-Middle School	99.3	574
Wayne Memorial High School	41.5	1,368
Voyageur Academy	75.4	752
Washington-Parks Academy	97.4	580
University Preparatory Academy PSAD High School	98.2	571
Redford Union High School	75.7	736
Noble Elementary-Middle School	97.7	555
Westfield Charter Academy	85.4	635
Denby High School	99.6	537
Lincoln-King Adams-Young School - Grove Campus	98.9	539
Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy	98.5	530
Chandler Park Academy - Middle School	99.6	522
Henderson Academy	98.8	520
Emerson Elementary-Middle School	97.9	519
Marquette Elementary-Middle School	98.4	514
Dixon Elementary School	98.2	509
Thirkell Elementary-Middle School	98.6	501
Burton International Academy	98	501
Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham	99.2	493
Romulus Senior High School	75	643
John D. Pierce Middle School	79.6	602
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD Middle School	98.2	487
Dove Academy of Detroit	99.6	477
The School at Marygrove	98.3	482
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	97.3	482
Brewer Academy	99.6	468
Ann Visger K-5 Preparatory Academy	74.7	621
University Preparatory Science and Math Elementary School	98.5	469
Metro Charter Academy	82.5	559
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School	97	468
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Elementary	97.4	461
Cody High School	95.7	466
Detroit Leadership Academy (K-8)	98.5	453
Nolan Elementary-Middle School	98.9	449
Adams-Young Building	99.1	447
Fisher Magnet Lower Academy	96.5	456
Davison Elementary-Middle School	58.6	739
Plymouth Educational Center	98.9	435
Taylor High School	30.4	1,397
Western International High School	19.6	2,151
Coleman A. Young Elementary School	99	416
Hope Academy	99	414
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy	99.8	411
Madison-Carver Academy	97.4	421
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Elementary	98.8	415
Carver STEM Academy	83	493
Thorne Elementary School	68.3	599
Harper Woods Virtual Academy	65.2	624
Detroit School of Arts	93.8	432
Pershing High School	99	408
Osborn High School	98	407
Paul Robeson Malcolm X. Academy	99.2	395
Carleton Elementary School	99	392
University Preparatory Art Design Elementary School	98	394
Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School	95.1	405
A. L. Holmes Academy of Blended Learning	97.4	391
Palmer Park Preparatory Academy	89.4	425
Burns Elementary-Middle School	99.2	382
Detroit Innovation Academy	99.5	379
Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy	98.9	380
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School	99.5	377
Old Redford Academy - High School	98.4	381
Bunche Preparatory Academy	93.3	401
Summit Academy North Elementary School	61.3	610
Mason Academy	97.9	381
Fisher Magnet Upper Academy	98.1	378
Redford Service Learning Academy Campus	99.5	372
Taylor Exemplar Academy	52.4	695
MacDowell Preparatory Academy	98.4	368
Marion Law Academy	99.7	362
Charles R. Drew Transition Center	92.1	391
Garvey Academy	99.2	362
University Yes Academy	98.4	365
Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology	97	368
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Middle	98.1	361
Voyageur College Prep	74.7	474
George Crockett Academy	99.4	355
Spain Elementary-Middle School	95.9	368
Central High School	98.3	353
Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School at Northwestern	96.9	358
Golightly Education Center	98.9	351
Quest Charter Academy	45.4	762
Old Redford Academy - Elementary School	98.5	342
Sampson-Webber Leadership Academy	96.3	350
Pulaski Elementary-Middle School	94.6	355
Barack Obama Leadership Academy	99.7	333
Cooke STEM Academy	99.4	334
Mann Learning Community	98.8	335
Hutchinson Elementary-Middle School	99.7	329
Vernor Elementary School	99.7	328
Romulus Middle School	70.7	461
Beacon Elementary School	96.2	338
David Hicks School	77.9	407
Grosse Pointe North High School	29.1	1,087
Detroit Public Schools Community District Virtual School	90.5	348
Dossin Elementary-Middle School	98.4	319
Clarenceville High School	46.2	675
Pasteur Elementary School	99	312
Pembroke Academy	88.8	348
Beech Elementary School	67.5	453
Summit Academy North High School	53.6	571
Tyrone Elementary School	93.3	327
Communication and Media Arts High School	99	306
Carstens Elementary-Middle School	99.3	303
Detroit Community Schools - Elementary School	99.3	302
Edison Elementary School	97.1	309
Harper Woods Middle School	94.6	313
Hamilton Academy	99.7	293
Detroit Achievement Academy	96.3	296
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	43.7	646
Nichols Elementary-Middle School	96.6	291
River Rouge Stem Academy at Dunn	86.6	322
Detroit Leadership Academy High School	93.8	289
Lincoln-King Adams-Young High School - Scholastica Campus	98.2	276
Hilbert Middle School	67.8	398
Ralph J. Bunche Academy	84.3	318
GrandPort Elementary Academy	79.7	335
Detroit Community Schools - High School	99.6	266
Trillium Academy	38.8	681
Barber Elementary School	93.9	280
West Village Academy	89.7	291
Old Redford Academy - Middle School	97.7	264
J. E. Clark Preparatory Academy	98.5	260
Robichaud Senior High School	78.9	323
Trix Academy	99.6	255
Earhart Elementary-Middle School	27.8	910
Adams Middle School	39.6	636
Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School	96.2	261
McBride Middle School	43.2	581
C. B. Sabbath 6-8 Preparatory Academy	83.1	301
Vandenberg Elementary School	89.6	279
Henry Ford Academy	49.5	497
Weston Preparatory Academy	99.2	248
Fisher Elementary School	76.8	310
South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	29.2	815
Academy for Business and Technology High School	91.9	258
American International Academy High/Middle School	96.7	245
Gardner Elementary School	84	282
Ecorse Community High School	79.4	296
Romulus Elementary School	79.9	294
Taylor Preparatory High School	50.6	464
Wayne Elementary School	99.2	237
West Side Academy of Information Technology and Cyber Security	98.3	239
Canton Preparatory High School	36.9	624
Creative Montessori Academy	28.9	796
Distinctive College Prep Redford	94.3	244
Inkster Preparatory Academy	86.1	266
Summit Academy North Middle School	58.8	388
Myers Elementary School	76.4	297
Adlai Stevenson Middle School	33.3	678
George Washington Carver Elementary School	100	221
Detroit Prep	58	376
Global Heights Academy	86.5	252
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	49.7	435
Parcells Middle School	31.3	677
Blackwell Institute	98.1	213
Jane Addams Elementary School	70	297
Plymouth High School	10.7	1,941
Owen Intermediate School	39.5	522
American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary	60.8	334
David Ellis Academy	100	200
Lincoln Park High School	14.6	1,367
Mark Twain Elementary-Middle School	84.3	236
Covenant House Academy Detroit East Site	98.5	201
Robert J. West Middle School	30.7	641
Tyler Road Elementary School	53.4	363
Canton High School	10.2	1,892
Marvin L. Winans Academy Elementary	97.9	195
Wick Elementary School	73.5	257
Munger Elementary-Middle School	19.4	968
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	72.6	259
Churchill High School	15	1,241
Covenant House Academy Detroit Central Site	97.9	190
Annapolis High School	24.2	748
American International Academy Elementary	94.7	190
Salem High School	9.5	1,864
Joy Preparatory Academy	98.9	179
New Paradigm Glazer Academy	96.2	183
Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine	85	206
Academy for Business and Technology Elementary	72.6	237
Lincoln Park Middle School	15	1,105
Hamtramck High School	15.9	1,038
Hoover Middle School	33.7	490
Taft-Galloway Elementary School	38.5	423
Woodhaven High School	13.2	1,203
Canton Charter Academy	22.5	703
Liberty Middle School	18.6	844
Clarenceville Middle School	40.7	383
Detroit Public Safety Academy	97.5	159
Daly School	89	172
Commonwealth Community Development Academy	95.6	159
Rutherford Winans Academy	98.7	154
Grandview Elementary School	42.5	353
Edmonson Montessori	77.6	192
George Washington Carver Middle School	100	149
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School	97.3	150
Bedford School	31.7	461
Barton Elementary School	97.9	146
Brownstown Middle School	17.5	815
Tomlinson Middle School	81	174
Tipton Academy PK-3	49.5	279
MacGowan School	58.3	235
Priest Elementary-Middle School	19.5	702
Eugene B. Elliott Elementary School	37.7	361
Alexander Hamilton Elementary School	28.6	472
Hale Creek Elementary School	62.8	215
Chrysler Elementary School	97.1	136
Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly	97.8	134
American International Academy Upper Elementary	96.2	131
Oakley W. Best Middle School	21.3	586
Roosevelt-McGrath Elementary School	29.6	423
Patrick Henry Middle School	15.1	823
Detroit International Academy for Young Women	54.7	225
Franklin High School	9.3	1,327
Discovery Middle School	17.1	714
Achieve Charter Academy	15.3	779
Capstone-Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility	88.1	135
Blair Moody Elementary School	33.4	350
Detroit Lions Academy	95.1	123
Hulsing Elementary School	22.9	512
Pathways Academy	95.9	122
Cambridge Alternative High School	32.9	353
Keystone Academy	18.1	629
Savage Road Elementary School	34.5	330
SOAR Academic Institute	69.5	164
Kinyon Elementary School	26.8	411
Albert Schweitzer Elementary School	25	436
Frost Middle School	17.4	626
Stevens T. Mason Elementary School	35.9	301
Bernice McDowell Elementary School	44.4	239
Edsel Ford High School	6.5	1,639
Field Elementary School	24.2	434
P. D. Graham Elementary School	25.7	404
Hanley International Academy	15.5	660
Wildwood Elementary School	19.2	531
Barth Elementary School	39.8	251
Jerry L. White Center	82	122
River Rouge Alternative Virtual Academy	39.4	254
Botsford Elementary School	28.9	342
Edgemont Elementary School	26.2	378
Tipton Academy 4-8	47.1	210
Walker-Winter Elementary School	24.4	405
Randolph Elementary School	19.6	500
Vista Meadows Academy	94.2	103
Gudith Elementary School	21.5	441
Harper Academy	100	94
Romulus Virtual Learning Center	68.6	137
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School	61	154
Diann Banks-Williamson Educational Center	93.9	99
Oscar A. Carlson High School	7.8	1,165
Sigma Academy for Leadership and Early Middle College	95.7	93
WAY Academy Chicago Site	98.9	90
Holland Elementary School	33.7	261
John Monteith Elementary School	18.4	477
Dickinson West Elementary School	20.4	426
Garden City High School	10.3	846
Marvin L. Winans Academy Middle School	96.7	90
Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy	10.8	793
American Montessori Academy Elementary	59.4	143
Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy	21.3	400
New Paradigm College Prep	43.4	196
Wayne-Westland Community High School	48.9	174
Eureka Heights Elementary School	36.1	227
Raupp School	27.6	293
Southgate Anderson High School	8.2	990
Stevenson High School	5	1,636
Emerson Middle School	12.5	641
Westwood Virtual Academy	55.6	144
Melvindale High School	8.2	955
Miller Elementary School	16.7	455
Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men	98.7	76
Eriksson Elementary School	15.8	461
Bates Elementary School	14.8	487
Lafayette School	14.4	500
Taylor Virtual Learning Academy	24.8	290
Johnson Upper Elementary School	16	443
Keidan Special Education Center	72.4	98
Pioneer Middle School	8.6	828
Cooper Upper Elementary School	10.6	662
Grosse Pointe South High School	5.5	1,253
Caniff Liberty Academy	13.4	501
Kennedy Elementary School	14.7	457
Keppen School	19.4	341
Universal Learning Academy	8.8	730
Clarence Randall Elementary School	13.7	461
Crestwood High School	4.7	1,336
Julian O. Strong Middle School	9.4	667
Star International Academy	3.7	1,698
Covenant House Academy Detroit Southwest Site	42.8	145
Dearborn High School	3.1	1,969
Hope of Detroit Academy Middle-High School	9.6	645
Taylor Parks Elementary School	19	326
Wegienka Elementary School	13.1	474
Redford Union Virtual Learning	73.5	83
Workman Elementary School	8.9	682
Hamtramck Academy	10.9	548
New Paradigm Loving Academy	96.8	62
Shumate Middle School	7.5	795
Oakland International Academy - High School	15.9	371
Pardee School	16.9	349
East Middle School	8.2	705
Westwood North Academy	86.6	67
Riverview Community High School	6.5	883
Bentley Elementary School	11.4	490
Seitz Middle School	9.3	600
Starkweather Academy Fiegel	25.2	218
Davidson Middle School	8.6	631
Moses Field Center	81.8	66
Hope Academic Academy	79.1	67
Riverside Middle School	4.5	1,172
The Dearborn Academy	10.3	515
Allendale Elementary School	6.1	859
Garden City Middle School	12	435
Polk Elementary School	14.1	368
Earl F. Carr School	17.6	290
Frank E. Weiss Elementary School	16.5	303
Cleveland Elementary School	11.4	428
Yake Elementary School	10.6	464
Kosciuszko School	14.7	326
Smith Middle School	10.3	465
Riverside Academy	12.6	374
Fostering Leadership Academy	78	59
Grogan Elementary School	14.4	320
Maybury Elementary School	18	255
Northville High School	1.8	2,499
Veritas	95.8	48
Brownell Middle School	7.8	577
Dodson Elementary School	9.6	471
Rosedale Elementary School	16.2	278
Bennett Elementary School	11.1	398
Hayes Elementary School	10.8	406
Horizon High School	48.9	90
Memorial Elementary 1-2 Campus	10.9	402
Asher School	12.7	338
Erving Elementary School	8.7	496
Farmington (5-6) Campus	10.4	412
Roosevelt High School	3.5	1,232
Fordline Elementary School	14.6	288
Stout Middle School	5.3	790
Woodrow Wilson School	4.7	889
Frontier International Academy	6.2	648
River Heights Academy	33.1	121
Burger Development Center	25	156
Garfield Community School	34.2	114
Hoover School	14	278
Hope of Detroit Academy Elementary	10.7	365
Coolidge Elementary School	7.1	536
Jo Brighton Skills Center	17.8	213
Riverside Academy - West Campus	9.4	403
Holmes Middle School	5.6	656
James Foote School	12.3	300
Dickinson East Elementary School	6	603
Max Paun School	11.6	311
Pierce Middle School	6.8	529
River Oaks Elementary School	9.3	389
WAY Michigan	26.7	135
West Middle School	5.3	675
Allen Elementary School	10.4	338
Douglas Elementary 3-4 Campus	8.1	433
Huntington Elementary School	10.9	322
Allen Park High School	3	1,152
Forest Elementary School	7.8	438
Shelters Elementary School	12.5	272
Stuckey Center	34.7	98
KIPP Detroit Imani Academy	100	34
Whitmore-Bolles Elementary School	11	299
Hoben Elementary School	6.9	464
Roosevelt Elementary School	8.4	381
The Lincoln Center	18.7	166
Covenant School - Spectrum	64.6	48
Allen Park Middle School	3.4	875
Flat Rock Community High School	6.3	475
Grant Elementary School	6.5	465
Harms Elementary School	12.3	236
Madison School	16.5	176
Memorial Elementary School	7	412
Snow Elementary School	6.4	455
Hillcrest Elementary School	8.9	313
Jefferson Elementary School	5.6	479
Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center	12.2	221
Thomas Simpson Middle School	6.7	402
Long Elementary School	11.3	230
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy	5.2	500
Bennie Elementary School	4.9	506
George Defer Elementary School	5.7	441
Rogers Early Elementary School	5.4	462
Beacon Day Treatment Center	20	115
Huron High School	2.8	834
Turning Point Academy	92	25
Branch Line School	14.7	150
Cesar Chavez High School	3.1	705
Ethel C. Bobcean Elementary School	5.9	371
Garfield Elementary School	5.2	423
Silver Springs Elementary School	6.2	354
Bryant Middle School	2.6	796
Legacy Academy	100	21
Meads Mill Middle School	3.1	671
Monroe Elementary School	5.5	383
Trenton High School	2.4	892
Tonda Elementary School	4.1	486
Ferry Elementary School	6.3	303
Hunter Elementary School	4.8	393
Star International Academy	8.3	230
William D. Miller Elementary School	4	480
Academy of the Americas at Logan	4	449
Chapman Elementary School	4.2	426
Geer Park Elementary School	4.8	372
Riley Upper Elementary School	2.8	644
Bird Elementary School	3.9	435
Bridge Academy East	3.1	554
Cesar Chavez Academy - Elementary School	3.8	451
Clara B. Ford Academy SDA	38.6	44
Downriver Digital Academy	58.6	29
Kerby Elementary School	6	283
Richard C. Hedke Elementary School	3.4	500
Arno Elementary School	3.3	486
Buchanan Elementary School	3.4	467
Cesar Chavez Middle School	2.5	629
Dearborn Public Schools Virtual (K-12)	4	405
Jesse L. Anderson Elementary School	2.7	582
N. W. Wayne Trainable Center	31.4	51
Oakland International Academy - Middle School	7.4	216
PCCS Elementary Virtual Academy	23.2	69
Carl T. Renton Junior High School	2.5	591
Cesar Chavez Academy Intermediate	3.4	440
Explore Academy Livonia	65.2	23
Fordson High School	0.6	2,339
Maple Grove Alternative High School	16.5	91
Academy of the Americas High School	2	689
Clippert Academy	3.7	379
Farrand Elementary School	3.6	384
Highview Elementary School	3.7	381
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori	4.9	286
John M. Barnes Elementary School	3.7	380
Livonia Transition Program	22.2	63
Riverview Virtual Academy	9.2	152
Universal Academy	2	700
Bridge Academy	3.3	368
Bridge Academy West	3	406
Escuela Avancemos	3.1	393
Flat Rock Academic Virtual Academy (6-12)	8.3	144
Holbrook School	5.9	203
Parsons Elementary School	3.2	379
PCCS Middle Virtual Academy	18.5	65
Ridge Wood Elementary School	2.8	436
Webster Elementary School	4.3	282
Dearborn Magnet High School	6.2	177
Duvall Elementary School	5.5	199
Hawthorn Center	29.7	37
Alice I. Ferguson Early Childhood Center	5	199
Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School	1.9	513
Brown Elementary School	2.3	437
Early Childhood Elementary School	8.1	124
Haigh Elementary School	1.8	559
Henry Ford Elementary School	1.4	726
Hoover Elementary School	2	500
Isbister Elementary School	2.4	409
Ivywood Classical Academy	1.7	574
Lindemann Elementary School	1.5	652
Niji-Iro Japanese Immersion Elementary School	4.4	225
Oakland International Academy - K-1	9.2	109
Washington Elementary School	2.3	442
Gallimore Elementary School	2.8	319
Henry Ford Early College	3.9	229
Oakland International Academy - Elementary School	5.3	169
Henry Ford Early College - Advanced Manufacturing	2	396
Kinloch Elementary School	1.5	525
Howard Elementary School	1.6	450
Lewis Maire Elementary School	3	234
Nowlin Elementary School	3.5	201
Richard Elementary School	2.5	280
Smith Elementary School	2	343
Unis Middle School	1.2	579
Woodworth Middle School	0.9	773
Lakeshore Virtual School	4.2	144
Miller Elementary School	1.1	552
Mixter School	7.1	84
Moraine Elementary School	1.4	414
Salina Intermediate 4-8	1.3	475
Grosse Ile High School	1	524
McCollough Elementary School	1.2	430
Meridian Elementary School	1.4	345
New School High	9.8	51
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	1.2	343
Dearborn STEM Middle School	2.4	164
Lowrey Middle School	0.8	500
Randolph Career and Technical Center	80	5
Winchester Elementary School	0.8	476
Blended Learning Academies Credit Recovery High School Livonia	13	23
Grosse Ile Middle School	0.7	407
Maples Elementary School	0.5	574
William Ford Elementary School	0.5	578
Crestwood Accelerated Program	6.7	30
Iris Becker Elementary School	0.9	215
Lowrey Elementary School	0.4	523
Parke Lane Elementary School	0.6	318
Salina Elementary P-3	0.5	405
WAY Academy Vernor Site	1.9	105
B. Beck Education Center	100	1
Dearborn Heights Virtual Academy	6.3	16
Dearborn Newcomer College Prep Academy	0	12
Jackson Center	0	91
Livonia Career Technical Center	0	1
McDonald Elementary School	0	335
Oakman Elementary School	0	239
Riverview Transition Center	0	9
Tau Beta School	0	252