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There were 107,800 white students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.5% 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, white students comprised 41.7% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 548 schools in Wayne County, Fordson High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,298 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
Fordson High School	98.2	2,339
Dearborn High School	93	1,969
Northville High School	66.2	2,499
Star International Academy	91.9	1,698
Edsel Ford High School	87.1	1,639
Stevenson High School	80.2	1,636
Crestwood High School	92.1	1,336
Plymouth High School	62.2	1,941
Canton High School	63.5	1,892
Salem High School	60	1,864
Riverside Middle School	92.7	1,172
Grosse Pointe South High School	84.4	1,253
Franklin High School	76	1,327
Roosevelt High School	77.2	1,232
Oscar A. Carlson High School	80.3	1,165
Allen Park High School	79.5	1,152
Churchill High School	69.9	1,241
Woodhaven High School	64.5	1,203
John Glenn High School	49.4	1,552
Belleville High School	43.1	1,770
Trenton High School	85.5	892
Woodworth Middle School	98.2	773
Bryant Middle School	93.3	796
Southgate Anderson High School	71.9	990
Stout Middle School	89.7	790
Huron High School	85	834
Riverview Community High School	79.5	883
Taylor High School	49.9	1,397
Henry Ford Elementary School	95.5	726
Grosse Pointe North High School	61.8	1,087
Allen Park Middle School	74.9	875
Universal Academy	93.3	700
Garden City High School	77	846
Universal Learning Academy	88.5	730
Woodrow Wilson School	72.2	889
Allendale Elementary School	73.1	859
Shumate Middle School	77.9	795
Melvindale High School	61.7	955
Wayne Memorial High School	42.9	1,368
Maples Elementary School	98.4	574
William Ford Elementary School	97.8	578
Unis Middle School	97.2	579
Pioneer Middle School	67.8	828
West Middle School	80.9	675
Riley Upper Elementary School	83.9	644
Miller Elementary School	97.6	552
Haigh Elementary School	94.8	559
Holmes Middle School	79.9	656
Lindemann Elementary School	79.6	652
Lowrey Elementary School	97.3	523
Carl T. Renton Junior High School	86	591
Ivywood Classical Academy	88.5	574
Kinloch Elementary School	96.6	525
Jesse L. Anderson Elementary School	86.3	582
Hamtramck High School	48	1,038
Cooper Upper Elementary School	75.2	662
Patrick Henry Middle School	60	823
Lowrey Middle School	98	500
Brownstown Middle School	59.5	815
Brownell Middle School	83.2	577
Emerson Middle School	74.1	641
Bridge Academy East	85.7	554
Liberty Middle School	55.8	844
Frontier International Academy	72.7	648
Seitz Middle School	77.8	600
Salina Intermediate 4-8	97.7	475
Julian O. Strong Middle School	69.1	667
Lincoln Park High School	33.4	1,367
Grosse Ile High School	86.8	524
Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School	85.2	513
Hoover Elementary School	85.8	500
Pierce Middle School	80.9	529
Workman Elementary School	62.6	682
Davidson Middle School	67.5	631
Meads Mill Middle School	63.5	671
Annapolis High School	56.1	748
Discovery Middle School	58.7	714
Coolidge Elementary School	78.2	536
Howard Elementary School	93.1	450
McCollough Elementary School	97	430
Keystone Academy	66.1	629
William D. Miller Elementary School	86.3	480
Richard C. Hedke Elementary School	82.2	500
Salina Elementary P-3	99.3	405
Frost Middle School	63.7	626
Bennie Elementary School	78.9	506
Winchester Elementary School	83.6	476
Flat Rock Community High School	82.7	475
Snow Elementary School	86.2	455
Parcells Middle School	57.6	677
Tonda Elementary School	80.2	486
Dickinson East Elementary School	64	603
Buchanan Elementary School	81.8	467
Jefferson Elementary School	79.1	479
Brown Elementary School	86.5	437
Dearborn Public Schools Virtual (K-12)	93.1	405
Henry Ford Early College - Advanced Manufacturing	94.9	396
East Middle School	53	705
Grant Elementary School	79.1	465
Smith Middle School	78.7	465
George Defer Elementary School	81.9	441
Adlai Stevenson Middle School	53.1	678
Chapman Elementary School	83.8	426
Grosse Ile Middle School	87.7	407
Highview Elementary School	93.2	381
Riverside Academy - West Campus	87.8	403
Wildwood Elementary School	66.5	531
Bird Elementary School	80.7	435
Rogers Early Elementary School	75.8	462
Arno Elementary School	72	486
Bridge Academy West	86.2	406
Oakley W. Best Middle School	59.6	586
Forest Elementary School	79.2	438
Erving Elementary School	69.8	496
Washington Elementary School	78.1	442
Thomas Simpson Middle School	85.3	402
Isbister Elementary School	83.1	409
River Oaks Elementary School	86.9	389
Geer Park Elementary School	90.6	372
Yake Elementary School	71.3	464
Lincoln Park Middle School	29.9	1,105
Hoben Elementary School	71.1	464
McDonald Elementary School	98.2	335
Bridge Academy	88.9	368
Memorial Elementary School	78.9	412
Creative Montessori Academy	40.7	796
Garden City Middle School	74.3	435
Douglas Elementary 3-4 Campus	74.1	433
Moraine Elementary School	77.3	414
Wegienka Elementary School	67.1	474
Riverside Academy	84.8	374
John M. Barnes Elementary School	83.4	380
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	92.1	343
John Monteith Elementary School	66	477
Kennedy Elementary School	68.7	457
Randolph Elementary School	62.4	500
Hulsing Elementary School	60.5	512
Farmington (5-6) Campus	75.2	412
Parsons Elementary School	81.8	379
Hunter Elementary School	78.6	393
Hayes Elementary School	75.6	406
Dodson Elementary School	65	471
Memorial Elementary 1-2 Campus	76.1	402
Bentley Elementary School	62.2	490
Clarence Randall Elementary School	65.5	461
Cleveland Elementary School	70.6	428
Johnson Upper Elementary School	67.9	443
Smith Elementary School	87.8	343
Ethel C. Bobcean Elementary School	80.3	371
Farrand Elementary School	77.3	384
Robert J. West Middle School	46.2	641
Roosevelt Elementary School	77.7	381
Monroe Elementary School	77	383
Meridian Elementary School	84.6	345
Trillium Academy	42.6	681
Parke Lane Elementary School	90.3	318
Adams Middle School	44.8	636
Bates Elementary School	57.9	487
Miller Elementary School	61.8	455
Garfield Elementary School	66.4	423
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	43.3	646
Albert Schweitzer Elementary School	63.5	436
Eriksson Elementary School	59.7	461
The Dearborn Academy	53.2	515
Alexander Hamilton Elementary School	57	472
Hillcrest Elementary School	85.3	313
Clarenceville High School	38.8	675
McBride Middle School	45.1	581
Caniff Liberty Academy	51.7	501
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori	90.6	286
Polk Elementary School	69	368
P. D. Graham Elementary School	62.4	404
Huntington Elementary School	78.3	322
South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	30.8	815
Ferry Elementary School	82.8	303
Richard Elementary School	88.6	280
Roosevelt-McGrath Elementary School	58.4	423
Owen Intermediate School	47.1	522
Asher School	72.8	338
Oakman Elementary School	100	239
Tau Beta School	94.8	252
Hoover Middle School	47.8	490
Priest Elementary-Middle School	33.3	702
Whitmore-Bolles Elementary School	77.6	299
Kerby Elementary School	82	283
Ridge Wood Elementary School	53.2	436
Oakland International Academy - High School	62.3	371
Edgemont Elementary School	60.6	378
Pardee School	65.6	349
Allen Elementary School	66.6	338
Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy	28.2	793
Walker-Winter Elementary School	54.3	405
Gudith Elementary School	49.4	441
Bedford School	47.1	461
Field Elementary School	49.3	434
Quest Charter Academy	27.4	762
Taft-Galloway Elementary School	48.9	423
Cambridge Alternative High School	58.6	353
Kinyon Elementary School	50.4	411
Iris Becker Elementary School	95.8	215
Dickinson West Elementary School	47.7	426
Frank E. Weiss Elementary School	67	303
Canton Preparatory High School	32.4	624
Henry Ford Early College	86.9	229
Lewis Maire Elementary School	85	234
Grogan Elementary School	61.9	320
Taylor Parks Elementary School	59.8	326
Silver Springs Elementary School	55.1	354
Summit Academy North High School	33.6	571
Oakland International Academy - Middle School	88.9	216
Webster Elementary School	66.7	282
Harper Woods Virtual Academy	29.8	624
Botsford Elementary School	54.4	342
Star International Academy	80.9	230
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	42.3	435
Savage Road Elementary School	55.2	330
Long Elementary School	78.7	230
Clarenceville Middle School	47	383
Taylor Virtual Learning Academy	60.3	290
Holbrook School	86.2	203
Fordline Elementary School	59.7	288
Shelters Elementary School	63.2	272
Summit Academy North Elementary School	28	610
Duvall Elementary School	85.9	199
Nowlin Elementary School	85.1	201
Taylor Exemplar Academy	24.5	695
Alice I. Ferguson Early Childhood Center	82.9	199
Eugene B. Elliott Elementary School	45.4	361
Kosciuszko School	50.3	326
Western International High School	7.6	2,151
Blair Moody Elementary School	46.6	350
Dearborn Magnet High School	91.5	177
Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center	72.9	221
Rosedale Elementary School	57.6	278
Oakland International Academy - Elementary School	92.9	169
Stevens T. Mason Elementary School	51.5	301
Henry Ford Academy	30.6	497
Dearborn STEM Middle School	92.7	164
Achieve Charter Academy	19.1	779
Jo Brighton Skills Center	66.2	213
Grandview Elementary School	38.2	353
Gallimore Elementary School	42	319
Canton Charter Academy	18.9	703
Hoover School	47.8	278
Holland Elementary School	50.6	261
Starkweather Academy Fiegel	59.6	218
Lafayette School	25.6	500
Tyler Road Elementary School	34.2	363
Thorne Elementary School	20.5	599
Detroit Prep	32.4	376
James Foote School	40.3	300
River Rouge Alternative Virtual Academy	46.9	254
The Lincoln Center	70.5	166
Madison School	66.5	176
Flat Rock Academic Virtual Academy (6-12)	79.9	144
Branch Line School	76	150
Riverview Virtual Academy	75	152
Taylor Preparatory High School	24.4	464
Earl F. Carr School	39	290
Lakeshore Virtual School	78.5	144
Summit Academy North Middle School	28.6	388
Max Paun School	34.1	311
Tipton Academy PK-3	37.6	279
Redford Union High School	14	736
Romulus Senior High School	15.9	643
Barth Elementary School	40.6	251
Burger Development Center	64.1	156
Keppen School	28.4	341
Oakland International Academy - K-1	89	109
Lee M. Thurston High School	10.8	883
Eureka Heights Elementary School	41.4	227
Bernice McDowell Elementary School	35.6	239
Earhart Elementary-Middle School	9.2	910
Jackson Center	91.2	91
Romulus Middle School	17.8	461
Tipton Academy 4-8	39	210
Beacon Day Treatment Center	71.3	115
American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary	24.3	334
Hamtramck Academy	14.4	548
Raupp School	26.3	293
WAY Michigan	57	135
Beech Elementary School	16.8	453
Wayne-Westland Community High School	42	174
River Heights Academy	57	121
Mixter School	77.4	84
Munger Elementary-Middle School	6.6	968
Hilbert Middle School	15.8	398
Maple Grove Alternative High School	67	91
Early Childhood Elementary School	49.2	124
Garfield Community School	52.6	114
Detroit International Academy for Young Women	25.8	225
Stuckey Center	58.2	98
David Hicks School	13.8	407
Niji-Iro Japanese Immersion Elementary School	24.9	225
Ann Visger K-5 Preparatory Academy	8.7	621
MacGowan School	22.1	235
Westwood Virtual Academy	36.1	144
Robichaud Senior High School	15.8	323
John D. Pierce Middle School	8.3	602
Hale Creek Elementary School	23.3	215
Cass Technical High School	1.9	2,395
Jane Addams Elementary School	15.5	297
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy	9	500
New School High	88.2	51
American Montessori Academy Elementary	29.4	143
Carver STEM Academy	8.3	493
Bennett Elementary School	10.1	398
Livonia Transition Program	61.9	63
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	14.3	259
Wick Elementary School	14	257
Gardner Elementary School	12.4	282
Myers Elementary School	11.8	297
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School	22.7	154
PCCS Elementary Virtual Academy	50.7	69
PCCS Middle Virtual Academy	53.8	65
Edmonson Montessori	17.7	192
Horizon High School	37.8	90
Cesar Chavez Academy - Elementary School	7.3	451
Palmer Park Preparatory Academy	7.5	425
SOAR Academic Institute	19.5	164
Advanced Technology Academy	2.4	1,215
Romulus Virtual Learning Center	21.2	137
GrandPort Elementary Academy	8.4	335
Fisher Elementary School	8.7	310
N. W. Wayne Trainable Center	52.9	51
Crestwood Accelerated Program	90	30
Ralph J. Bunche Academy	7.9	318
Voyageur Academy	3.2	752
Ecorse Community High School	8.1	296
Romulus Elementary School	8.2	294
Clara B. Ford Academy SDA	54.5	44
Hawthorn Center	64.9	37
Hanley International Academy	3.5	660
River Rouge High School	2.3	966
Grand River Academy	3	736
Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy	5.5	400
Global Heights Academy	8.3	252
West Village Academy	6.9	291
Tomlinson Middle School	11.5	174
Blended Learning Academies Credit Recovery High School Livonia	87	23
Harper Woods High School	2.2	879
Academy of the Americas at Logan	4.2	449
Metro Charter Academy	3.2	559
Cesar Chavez Academy Intermediate	4.1	440
Davison Elementary-Middle School	2.3	739
Vandenberg Elementary School	5.7	279
Capstone-Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility	11.9	135
Covenant School - Spectrum	33.3	48
Harms Elementary School	6.8	236
Cesar Chavez High School	2.3	705
Keidan Special Education Center	14.3	98
Clippert Academy	3.7	379
C. B. Sabbath 6-8 Preparatory Academy	4.3	301
Maybury Elementary School	5.1	255
Charles R. Drew Transition Center	3.1	391
Tyrone Elementary School	3.7	327
Dearborn Heights Virtual Academy	75	16
Dearborn Newcomer College Prep Academy	100	12
Cody High School	2.4	466
Voyageur College Prep	2.3	474
Academy for Business and Technology Elementary	4.6	237
Redford Union Virtual Learning	13.3	83
Cesar Chavez Middle School	1.7	629
Westfield Charter Academy	1.6	635
Detroit Achievement Academy	3.4	296
River Rouge Stem Academy at Dunn	3.1	322
Detroit School of Arts	2.1	432
Detroit Leadership Academy High School	3.1	289
Academy for Business and Technology High School	3.5	258
Daly School	5.2	172
Covenant House Academy Detroit Southwest Site	6.2	145
Westwood North Academy	13.4	67
Southeastern High School	1.2	644
Inkster Preparatory Academy	3	266
Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine	3.9	206
Jerry L. White Center	6.6	122
Fostering Leadership Academy	13.6	59
Escuela Avancemos	2	393
Riverview Transition Center	88.9	9
Detroit Premier Academy	1	715
Beacon Elementary School	2.1	338
Detroit Public Schools Community District Virtual School	2	348
Harper Woods Middle School	2.2	313
Hope of Detroit Academy Elementary	1.9	365
WAY Academy Vernor Site	6.7	105
Commonwealth Community Development Academy	3.8	159
Hope of Detroit Academy Middle-High School	0.9	645
Downriver Digital Academy	20.7	29
Westfield Preparatory High School	0.6	828
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School	0.7	706
Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies	0.8	652
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD Middle School	1	487
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	1	482
University Preparatory Art Design Elementary School	1.3	394
Spain Elementary-Middle School	1.4	368
Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School at Northwestern	1.4	358
Nichols Elementary-Middle School	1.7	291
Distinctive College Prep Redford	2	244
Vista Meadows Academy	4.9	103
Moses Field Center	7.6	66
Hope Academic Academy	7.5	67
Academy of the Americas High School	0.7	689
University Preparatory Art Design Middle-High School	0.5	843
University Preparatory Academy PSAD High School	0.7	571
Henderson Academy	0.8	520
Emerson Elementary-Middle School	0.8	519
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Elementary	0.9	461
Plymouth Educational Center	0.9	435
Osborn High School	1	407
Pulaski Elementary-Middle School	1.1	355
Renaissance High School	0.3	1,146
Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts	0.4	793
Ronald Brown Academy	0.4	703
Detroit Enterprise Academy	0.4	746
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy	0.4	732
Distinctive College Prep Harper Woods	0.5	596
Marquette Elementary-Middle School	0.6	514
Dixon Elementary School	0.6	509
Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham	0.6	493
The School at Marygrove	0.6	482
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School	0.6	468
Detroit Leadership Academy (K-8)	0.7	453
A. L. Holmes Academy of Blended Learning	0.8	391
MacDowell Preparatory Academy	0.8	368
Pasteur Elementary School	1	312
Edison Elementary School	1	309
Covenant House Academy Detroit Central Site	1.6	190
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School	2	150
Explore Academy Livonia	13	23
MacKenzie Elementary-Middle School	0.2	909
Gompers Elementary-Middle School	0.2	838
Detroit Edison Public School Academy	0.2	832
Henry Ford High School	0.3	712
Legacy Charter Academy	0.3	739
East English Village Preparatory Academy	0.3	697
Detroit Merit Charter Academy	0.3	703
Flagship Charter Academy	0.3	643
Noble Elementary-Middle School	0.4	555
Burton International Academy	0.4	501
Carleton Elementary School	0.5	392
Old Redford Academy - High School	0.5	381
Bunche Preparatory Academy	0.5	401
Mason Academy	0.5	381
Fisher Magnet Upper Academy	0.5	378
Redford Service Learning Academy Campus	0.5	372
University Yes Academy	0.5	365
Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology	0.5	368
Golightly Education Center	0.6	351
Mann Learning Community	0.6	335
Dossin Elementary-Middle School	0.6	319
Old Redford Academy - Middle School	0.8	264
J. E. Clark Preparatory Academy	0.8	260
Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School	0.8	261
American International Academy High/Middle School	0.8	245
West Side Academy of Information Technology and Cyber Security	0.8	239
Mark Twain Elementary-Middle School	0.8	236
American International Academy Elementary	1.1	190
American International Academy Upper Elementary	1.5	131
Pathways Academy	1.6	122
Diann Banks-Williamson Educational Center	2	99
New Paradigm Loving Academy	3.2	62
John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy	0.1	814
Warrendale Charter Academy	0.1	709
Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science	0.2	618
Durfee Elementary-Middle School	0.2	593
Thirkell Elementary-Middle School	0.2	501
University Preparatory Science and Math Elementary School	0.2	469
Fisher Magnet Lower Academy	0.2	456
Hope Academy	0.2	414
Pershing High School	0.2	408
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School	0.3	377
Central High School	0.3	353
Cooke STEM Academy	0.3	334
Hutchinson Elementary-Middle School	0.3	329
Pembroke Academy	0.3	348
Carstens Elementary-Middle School	0.3	303
Detroit Community Schools - High School	0.4	266
Barber Elementary School	0.4	280
Covenant House Academy Detroit East Site	0.5	201
Detroit Public Safety Academy	0.6	159
Chrysler Elementary School	0.7	136
Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly	0.7	134
Detroit Lions Academy	0.8	123
WAY Academy Chicago Site	1.1	90
New Paradigm College Prep	0.5	196
Turning Point Academy	4	25
Randolph Career and Technical Center	20	5
Livonia Career Technical Center	100	1
Detroit Service Learning Academy Campus	0	902
Mumford High School	0	889
Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School	0	821
Chandler Park Academy - Elementary School	0	772
Bates Academy	0	755
Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts	0	692
Chandler Park Academy - High School	0	682
David Ellis Academy West	0	663
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences	0	635
Bow Elementary-Middle School	0	574
Washington-Parks Academy	0	580
Denby High School	0	537
Lincoln-King Adams-Young School - Grove Campus	0	539
Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy	0	530
Chandler Park Academy - Middle School	0	522
Dove Academy of Detroit	0	477
Brewer Academy	0	468
Nolan Elementary-Middle School	0	449
Adams-Young Building	0	447
Coleman A. Young Elementary School	0	416
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy	0	411
Madison-Carver Academy	0	421
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Elementary	0	415
Paul Robeson Malcolm X. Academy	0	395
Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School	0	405
Burns Elementary-Middle School	0	382
Detroit Innovation Academy	0	379
Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy	0	380
Marion Law Academy	0	362
Garvey Academy	0	362
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Middle	0	361
George Crockett Academy	0	355
Old Redford Academy - Elementary School	0	342
Sampson-Webber Leadership Academy	0	350
Barack Obama Leadership Academy	0	333
Vernor Elementary School	0	328
Communication and Media Arts High School	0	306
Detroit Community Schools - Elementary School	0	302
Hamilton Academy	0	293
Lincoln-King Adams-Young High School - Scholastica Campus	0	276
Trix Academy	0	255
Weston Preparatory Academy	0	248
Wayne Elementary School	0	237
George Washington Carver Elementary School	0	221
Blackwell Institute	0	213
David Ellis Academy	0	200
Marvin L. Winans Academy Elementary	0	195
Joy Preparatory Academy	0	179
New Paradigm Glazer Academy	0	183
Rutherford Winans Academy	0	154
George Washington Carver Middle School	0	149
Barton Elementary School	0	146
Harper Academy	0	94
Sigma Academy for Leadership and Early Middle College	0	93
Marvin L. Winans Academy Middle School	0	90
Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men	0	76
Veritas	0	48
KIPP Detroit Imani Academy	0	34
Legacy Academy	0	21
B. Beck Education Center	0	1