Downriver Today

There were 106,675 white students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Wayne County welcomed 257,110 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 41.5% of the student body to be the second highest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 534 schools in Wayne County, Fordson High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 2,050 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	2,092
Dearborn High School	92.8	1,882
Northville High School	65.8	2,489
Star International Academy	93.4	1,643
Edsel Ford High School	86.6	1,571
Stevenson High School	79.7	1,590
Plymouth High School	62.1	1,921
Crestwood High School	92	1,284
Canton High School	61.1	1,920
Salem High School	58.6	1,891
Riverside Middle School	91.6	1,163
Grosse Pointe South High School	84.6	1,178
Franklin High School	76.1	1,306
Roosevelt High School	75.7	1,230
Oscar A. Carlson High School	79.3	1,104
Allen Park High School	76.6	1,137
Churchill High School	68.7	1,247
Woodhaven High School	61.4	1,205
Bryant Middle School	93.4	774
Trenton High School	85.1	839
Woodworth Middle School	97.4	730
Belleville High School	41.5	1,705
Riverview Community High School	78.8	893
Southgate Anderson High School	71.3	986
Henry Ford Elementary School	95.4	721
Taylor High School	48.6	1,408
John Glenn High School	46.5	1,469
Huron High School	85.2	793
Universal Learning Academy	89.5	754
Allen Park Middle School	73.4	901
Stout Middle School	91.2	712
Allendale Elementary School	72.8	889
Garden City High School	74.9	857
Universal Academy	93.9	684
Shumate Middle School	77.5	824
Woodrow Wilson School	72.4	845
Melvindale High School	62.4	979
Grosse Pointe North High School	59.3	1,015
Wayne Memorial High School	42.4	1,383
Miller Elementary School	97.1	581
Ivywood Classical Academy	85.7	657
Holmes Middle School	81.3	691
William Ford Elementary School	97.7	569
West Middle School	79.8	689
Maples Elementary School	98.4	549
Frontier International Academy	77.1	694
Jesse L. Anderson Elementary School	86.4	617
Brownstown Middle School	62.5	850
Bridge Academy East	80.1	653
Pioneer Middle School	66.8	778
Riley Upper Elementary School	83.6	616
Kinloch Elementary School	96.6	533
Haigh Elementary School	94.7	543
Lowrey Elementary School	97.3	525
Carl T. Renton Junior High School	87.1	580
Lindemann Elementary School	77.7	642
Unis Middle School	97.1	511
Oakland International Academy - Elementary School	86	573
Brownell Middle School	81.6	586
Julian O. Strong Middle School	70.7	669
Cooper Upper Elementary School	72.9	646
Hamtramck High School	48.7	965
Dearborn Public Schools Virtual (K-12)	95.5	491
Patrick Henry Middle School	57.4	810
Emerson Middle School	73.5	631
Boyd W. Arthurs Middle School	83.7	553
Salina Intermediate 4-8	98.5	464
Grosse Ile High School	87.2	523
Liberty Middle School	55.9	814
Lowrey Middle School	97.6	458
Seitz Middle School	79	562
Keystone Academy	63.1	697
Workman Elementary School	63.1	689
Discovery Middle School	57.9	734
Hoover Elementary School	86	492
Frost Middle School	64.6	653
Pierce Middle School	79.7	528
Flat Rock Community High School	84.2	500
Davidson Middle School	63.9	657
Snow Elementary School	85.7	490
Howard Elementary School	94.2	445
William D. Miller Elementary School	87	476
Coolidge Elementary School	79.4	520
Richard C. Hedke Elementary School	76.9	537
Lincoln Park High School	29.5	1,391
Riverside Academy - West Campus	93.6	437
Tonda Elementary School	82	494
Meads Mill Middle School	63.2	634
Adlai Stevenson Middle School	53.4	749
McCollough Elementary School	97.1	410
Winchester Elementary School	82.5	481
Parcells Middle School	58.9	669
Salina Elementary P-3	99.5	396
Bennie Elementary School	77.7	506
Henry Ford Early College - Advanced Manufacturing	93.3	420
Grant Elementary School	79.3	493
Annapolis High School	57.4	679
Smith Middle School	79.8	486
Jefferson Elementary School	77.8	499
Dickinson East Elementary School	65.1	588
Bird Elementary School	82.5	458
George Defer Elementary School	81	464
Brown Elementary School	85.5	435
Chapman Elementary School	83.1	444
Arno Elementary School	72.1	506
Buchanan Elementary School	82.2	443
Grosse Ile Middle School	88.1	413
Oakland International Academy - High School	68.8	520
Riverside Academy	87.3	409
Isbister Elementary School	83.9	417
Highview Elementary School	91.4	382
River Rouge Alternative Virtual Academy	40.7	842
East Middle School	50.6	678
Thomas Simpson Middle School	83.4	410
Wildwood Elementary School	64.3	524
Forest Elementary School	79.7	423
Randolph Elementary School	65.4	509
Caniff Liberty Academy	59.3	562
River Oaks Elementary School	87.2	382
McDonald Elementary School	97.6	340
Hoben Elementary School	71	465
Hunter Elementary School	79.1	417
Oakley W. Best Middle School	57.3	574
Geer Park Elementary School	87.9	372
Douglas Elementary 3-4 Campus	74.9	435
Rogers Early Elementary School	78.5	413
Memorial Elementary School	77.5	417
Garden City Middle School	76.8	419
Kennedy Elementary School	68.6	468
Johnson Upper Elementary School	65	489
Yake Elementary School	71.8	443
Clarence Randall Elementary School	65.2	486
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	90.8	347
Erving Elementary School	65.8	477
Parsons Elementary School	81	385
Moraine Elementary School	77.2	403
Farmington (5-6) Campus	74.5	415
Wegienka Elementary School	65.7	469
Robert J. West Middle School	47.9	637
Lincoln Park Middle School	28.8	1,060
Memorial Elementary 1-2 Campus	74.7	407
John Monteith Elementary School	66.4	455
Monroe Elementary School	78.9	383
Oakland International Academy - Middle School	87	347
Hayes Elementary School	77.2	390
Smith Elementary School	83.4	361
Dodson Elementary School	61.9	485
John M. Barnes Elementary School	81.1	370
Ethel C. Bobcean Elementary School	77.1	380
Farrand Elementary School	74.9	387
Star International Academy	92.9	309
Bentley Elementary School	60.1	476
Bridge Academy	92.2	308
Roosevelt Elementary School	73.3	386
Ferry Elementary School	82	345
Creative Montessori Academy	38.3	737
The Dearborn Academy	53.4	528
Hulsing Elementary School	58.8	478
Garfield Elementary School	64	439
Washington Elementary School	76.6	367
Miller Elementary School	60.9	458
Cleveland Elementary School	68.8	400
Meridian Elementary School	84	326
Parke Lane Elementary School	90.4	303
Trillium Academy	40.5	665
Bridge Academy West	79.8	336
Albert Schweitzer Elementary School	63.2	419
Oakland International Academy - K-1	85.5	310
Oakman Elementary School	99.6	265
Adams Middle School	42.4	615
Owen Intermediate School	47.8	546
Richard Elementary School	88.1	295
Eriksson Elementary School	59.7	432
Whitmore-Bolles Elementary School	79.9	323
Howe Trainable Center and Montessori	89.9	287
Tau Beta School	94.2	274
Alexander Hamilton Elementary School	54.9	468
Benjamin Franklin Middle School	41	625
Bates Elementary School	55.7	460
Asher School	70.2	363
Hillcrest Elementary School	83.8	302
McBride Middle School	45.1	559
Polk Elementary School	69.7	360
Kerby Elementary School	84.4	295
P. D. Graham Elementary School	61.4	404
Clarenceville High School	40.3	613
Harper Woods Virtual Academy	33	746
Huntington Elementary School	75.5	326
South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	29.5	816
Allen Elementary School	69.9	342
Hoover Middle School	44.6	527
Pardee School	64.7	360
Grogan Elementary School	67.6	343
Field Elementary School	49.1	464
Roosevelt-McGrath Elementary School	51.9	430
Gudith Elementary School	51.1	436
Edgemont Elementary School	58.8	374
Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy	27.2	804
Taft-Galloway Elementary School	51.9	420
Kinyon Elementary School	50.2	430
Ridge Wood Elementary School	50.5	428
Iris Becker Elementary School	95	222
Bedford School	48.8	426
Dickinson West Elementary School	49.3	420
Nowlin Elementary School	85.9	241
Lewis Maire Elementary School	79.5	258
Priest Elementary-Middle School	29.4	693
Silver Springs Elementary School	58.3	350
Taylor Parks Elementary School	60.8	334
Canton Preparatory High School	30.3	660
Frank E. Weiss Elementary School	66.3	300
Henry Ford Early College	89.2	222
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	43.9	446
Savage Road Elementary School	54.1	351
Long Elementary School	74.4	254
Fordline Elementary School	61.6	305
Webster Elementary School	65.4	272
Duvall Elementary School	80	220
Summit Academy North Elementary School	28.2	614
Walker-Winter Elementary School	51	339
Taylor Virtual Learning Academy	59	293
Shelters Elementary School	58.6	292
Alice I. Ferguson Early Childhood Center	85.9	198
Quest Charter Academy	24.4	693
Cambridge Alternative High School	53.2	314
Botsford Elementary School	51.5	324
Summit Academy North High School	29.5	562
Blair Moody Elementary School	46.8	340
Eugene B. Elliott Elementary School	41.6	377
Taylor Exemplar Academy	24.3	643
Rosedale Elementary School	56.4	275
Dearborn STEM Middle School	93.3	163
Canton Charter Academy	19.4	759
Stevens T. Mason Elementary School	52.5	278
Clarenceville Middle School	38.8	371
Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center	66.8	214
Starkweather Academy Fiegel	62.5	224
Henry Ford Academy	28	492
Holbrook School	83	165
Jo Brighton Skills Center	63	216
Detroit Prep	29.9	448
Achieve Charter Academy	17.5	765
Holland Elementary School	51	263
Kosciuszko School	49.3	272
Western International High School	6.6	1,931
Earl F. Carr School	41.5	306
Gallimore Elementary School	40	315
Hoover School	44.3	280
Grandview Elementary School	36.4	338
Tyler Road Elementary School	32.2	370
Madison School	65	183
Branch Line School	72.5	160
Thorne Elementary School	20	564
James Foote School	37.3	300
Wayne-Westland Community High School	43	258
Taylor Preparatory High School	26.2	420
Lafayette School	23.6	462
The Lincoln Center	71.1	152
Tipton Academy PK-3	35.1	282
Keppen School	30	330
Burger Development Center	63.5	156
Flat Rock Academic Virtual Academy (6-12)	81.1	122
Bernice McDowell Elementary School	36.9	263
Riverview Virtual Academy	76.4	127
Barth Elementary School	43	221
Eureka Heights Elementary School	38.3	248
Dearborn Magnet High School	88.5	104
Max Paun School	31.1	293
Summit Academy North Middle School	21.8	409
Lakeshore Virtual School	79.3	111
Romulus Senior High School	14.9	576
Tipton Academy 4-8	37.4	230
Beech Elementary School	19.7	427
Romulus Middle School	18.3	449
Raupp School	28.1	285
Gardner Elementary School	30.8	253
American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary	22.4	343
Lee M. Thurston High School	8.7	867
Earhart Elementary-Middle School	8.3	899
David Hicks School	17.6	414
Detroit International Academy for Young Women	29.8	235
John D. Pierce Middle School	11.4	586
Redford Union High School	13.3	505
Westwood Virtual Academy	38.8	170
Hamtramck Academy	11.8	553
Maple Grove Alternative High School	61.9	105
Niji-Iro Japanese Immersion Elementary School	27.1	240
Hilbert Middle School	14.1	441
Jackson Center	92.4	66
Mixter School	71.4	84
WAY Michigan	48.7	119
Munger Elementary-Middle School	6.1	933
Early Childhood Elementary School	44.5	128
Stuckey Center	55	100
Garfield Community School	46.6	116
Hale Creek Elementary School	20.4	245
Robichaud Senior High School	13.4	365
Cass Technical High School	1.9	2,485
Ann Visger K-5 Preparatory Academy	7.6	618
Edmonson Montessori	21.4	215
American Montessori Academy Elementary	28.8	156
Bennett Elementary School	9.2	476
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	14.7	272
Livonia Transition Program	63.5	63
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School	24.2	161
Palmer Park Preparatory Academy	9.8	376
Dearborn Heights Virtual Academy	67.3	55
GrandPort Elementary Academy	10.1	358
Myers Elementary School	10.9	329
Fisher Elementary School	10.8	333
Jane Addams Elementary School	12.7	276
Romulus Elementary School	12.5	271
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy	6.9	477
SOAR Academic Institute	18.2	170
Carver STEM Academy	6.1	472
Wick Elementary School	10.4	280
Global Heights Academy	10.1	277
Ralph J. Bunche Academy	8.6	302
Horizon High School	26.3	95
Romulus Virtual Learning Center	27.3	88
Clara B. Ford Academy SDA	42.1	57
Cesar Chavez Academy - Elementary School	5.1	468
Cesar Chavez Academy Intermediate	5.5	436
Advanced Technology Academy	1.9	1,217
Ecorse Community High School	7.3	315
West Village Academy	8.7	263
Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy	5.4	427
River Rouge High School	2.3	961
Tomlinson Middle School	11.3	195
PCCS Middle Virtual Academy	56.4	39
N. W. Wayne Trainable Center	40.4	52
Blended Learning Academies Credit Recovery High School Livonia	77.8	27
Hanley International Academy	2.9	658
Clippert Academy	4.5	421
Grand River Academy	2.4	759
Vandenberg Elementary School	6.5	276
Covenant School - Spectrum	24	75
Cesar Chavez High School	2.6	693
Charles R. Drew Transition Center	4.3	394
Covenant House Academy Detroit Southwest Site	8.3	205
Maybury Elementary School	6.1	277
Dearborn Newcomer College Prep Academy	94.4	18
Academy of the Americas at Logan	3.2	496
Voyageur Academy	1.9	796
PCCS Elementary Virtual Academy	51.7	29
Crestwood Accelerated Program	83.3	18
Harper Woods High School	1.6	878
Capstone-Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility	13.1	107
Harms Elementary School	6.4	218
C. B. Sabbath 6-8 Preparatory Academy	4.5	290
Cesar Chavez Middle School	2.1	629
Westfield Charter Academy	1.7	698
Davison Elementary-Middle School	1.5	790
River Rouge Stem Academy at Dunn	3.4	353
Academy for Business and Technology Elementary	5	239
Metro Charter Academy	2.4	464
Riverview Transition Center	84.6	13
Cody High School	1.9	520
Vista Meadows Academy	11.5	87
Keidan Special Education Center	11.1	90
Redford Union Virtual Learning	14.1	71
Detroit Premier Academy	1.3	703
Harper Woods Middle School	2.6	349
Detroit Achievement Academy	2.6	341
Academy of the Americas High School	1.1	813
WAY Academy Vernor Site	7.8	115
The School at Marygrove	1.5	534
Detroit School of Arts	1.7	470
Voyageur College Prep	1.6	489
Jerry L. White Center	6.3	126
Westwood North Academy	16.3	49
Carleton Elementary School	1.8	379
Beacon Elementary School	2	357
Detroit Public Schools Community District Virtual School	3.5	200
Commonwealth Community Development Academy	4.3	162
Daly School	4.5	156
Hope of Detroit Academy Middle-High School	1.1	653
Moses Field Center	11.5	61
Hawthorn Center	63.6	11
Ronald Brown Academy	0.7	874
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD Middle School	1.2	509
Tyrone Elementary School	1.8	336
Covenant House Academy Detroit Central Site	2.6	227
Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine	3.9	152
Hope Academic Academy	8.6	70
Hope of Detroit Academy Elementary	1.7	349
Detroit Edison Public School Academy	0.6	855
Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts	0.6	789
Southeastern High School	0.8	636
Distinctive College Prep Harper Woods	0.9	579
Henderson Academy	0.9	556
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	1	520
University Preparatory Art Design Elementary School	1.2	405
Spain Elementary-Middle School	1.3	376
Nichols Elementary-Middle School	1.8	283
Escuela Avancemos	1.2	422
Renaissance High School	0.3	1,171
Westfield Preparatory High School	0.5	846
East English Village Preparatory Academy	0.6	678
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences	0.6	645
Durfee Elementary-Middle School	0.6	633
Marquette Elementary-Middle School	0.9	438
Plymouth Educational Center	1	399
Pulaski Elementary-Middle School	1.1	377
Golightly Education Center	1.1	352
Barber Elementary School	1.1	352
Mark Twain Elementary-Middle School	1.4	294
Inkster Preparatory Academy	1.6	249
Gompers Elementary-Middle School	0.4	807
Detroit Enterprise Academy	0.4	759
Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies	0.4	689
Legacy Charter Academy	0.4	725
Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts	0.5	631
Warrendale Charter Academy	0.4	676
University Preparatory Academy PSAD High School	0.5	567
Osborn High School	0.7	439
MacDowell Preparatory Academy	0.8	368
Marion Law Academy	0.9	350
Bunche Preparatory Academy	0.8	357
Distinctive College Prep Redford	1.3	223
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School	2.9	102
Downriver Digital Academy	12.5	24
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School	0.3	690
Detroit Merit Charter Academy	0.3	718
Henry Ford High School	0.3	605
Emerson Elementary-Middle School	0.4	569
Noble Elementary-Middle School	0.4	496
Detroit Leadership Academy (K-8)	0.4	467
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Elementary	0.4	470
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School	0.5	432
Old Redford Academy - High School	0.5	425
Dixon Elementary School	0.5	420
Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School	0.5	423
A. L. Holmes Academy of Blended Learning	0.5	391
Redford Service Learning Academy Campus	0.5	365
Edison Elementary School	0.7	276
Detroit Leadership Academy High School	0.8	264
American International Academy Upper Elementary	1	210
American International Academy High/Middle School	1	197
J. E. Clark Preparatory Academy	1.1	183
Covenant House Academy Detroit East Site	1.1	183
Pathways Academy	1.2	166
Diann Banks-Williamson Educational Center	1.4	145
Fostering Leadership Academy	3.5	57
Randolph Career and Technical Center	18.2	11
University Preparatory Art Design Middle-High School	0.1	882
Mumford High School	0.1	852
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy	0.1	689
Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science	0.2	633
Flagship Charter Academy	0.2	649
Burton International Academy	0.2	476
Brewer Academy	0.2	455
Mason Academy	0.2	456
University Yes Academy	0.2	440
Garvey Academy	0.2	409
West Side Academy of Information Technology and Cyber Security	0.3	394
Pershing High School	0.3	378
Hutchinson Elementary-Middle School	0.3	369
Mann Learning Community	0.3	370
Pasteur Elementary School	0.3	330
Cooke STEM Academy	0.3	333
Hamilton Academy	0.3	321
Pembroke Academy	0.3	343
Dossin Elementary-Middle School	0.3	305
Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School at Northwestern	0.3	291
Detroit Community Schools - High School	0.4	249
Old Redford Academy - Middle School	0.4	250
Wayne Elementary School	0.4	248
Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School	0.4	248
Academy for Business and Technology High School	0.4	237
American International Academy Elementary	0.5	191
Detroit Public Safety Academy	0.6	176
George Washington Carver Middle School	0.6	165
Chrysler Elementary School	0.8	130
New Paradigm College Prep	0.5	182
Turning Point Academy	3.6	28
Livonia Career Technical Center	100	1
Detroit Service Learning Academy Campus	0	919
MacKenzie Elementary-Middle School	0	879
John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy	0	845
Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School	0	808
Chandler Park Academy - Elementary School	0	793
Bates Academy	0	785
David Ellis Academy West	0	719
Chandler Park Academy - High School	0	703
Washington-Parks Academy	0	604
Chandler Park Academy - Middle School	0	587
Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham	0	562
Cornerstone Jefferson-Douglass Academy	0	529
Bow Elementary-Middle School	0	514
Denby High School	0	512
Lincoln-King Adams-Young School - Grove Campus	0	505
Dove Academy of Detroit	0	500
University Preparatory Science and Math Elementary School	0	485
Adams-Young Building	0	468
Thirkell Elementary-Middle School	0	462
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Elementary	0	436
Nolan Elementary-Middle School	0	427
Jalen Rose Leadership Academy	0	421
Hope Academy	0	408
Paul Robeson Malcolm X. Academy	0	392
Central High School	0	392
Burns Elementary-Middle School	0	377
Coleman A. Young Elementary School	0	371
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Middle	0	375
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School	0	360
Detroit Innovation Academy	0	363
Lincoln-King Adams-Young High School - Scholastica Campus	0	339
Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology	0	343
George Crockett Academy	0	321
Barack Obama Leadership Academy	0	311
Communication and Media Arts High School	0	303
Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy	0	303
Detroit Community Schools - Elementary School	0	298
Vernor Elementary School	0	301
Sampson-Webber Leadership Academy	0	316
Carstens Elementary-Middle School	0	274
Old Redford Academy - Elementary School	0	272
Trix Academy	0	259
Madison-Carver Academy	0	261
Weston Preparatory Academy	0	251
David Ellis Academy	0	215
George Washington Carver Elementary School	0	210
New Paradigm Glazer Academy	0	199
Barton Elementary School	0	192
Joy Preparatory Academy	0	171
Rutherford Winans Academy	0	161
Blackwell Institute	0	117
Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly	0	103
Harper Academy	0	89
WAY Academy Chicago Site	0	85
KIPP Detroit Imani Academy	0	81
Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men	0	80
Veritas	0	53