MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education
MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education
Of the 116,882 students attending Macomb County schools, 62.9% were white. African American students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 21.6% of Macomb County students.
In the previous school year, white students were still the most common group in Macomb County, representing 62.9% of the student body.
Mark C. Roose Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 31.5% Asian students, 29% white students, 26.4% African American students, 8.8% multiracial students, 4.1% Hispanic students, and 0.2% American Indian students.
In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.8% when compared to the previous year.
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 widening. Black and Hispanic students' average math proficiency dropped by 7% in 2022, to 13.5% and 28.2%, respectively.
Ethnic Distribution of Students in Macomb County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
Students' Most Represented Ethnicity in Macomb County Schools in 2022-23 School Year
| School name | Most represented ethnicity | Percent of Total Student Body | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy 21 | White | 50.3% | 197 |
| Academy of Warren | African American | 97.5% | 802 |
| Adlai Stevenson High School | White | 78.2% | 2,005 |
| Algonquin Middle School | White | 64% | 497 |
| Amanda Moore Elementary School | White | 81.3% | 476 |
| Anchor Bay Middle School North | White | 92.2% | 705 |
| Anchor Bay Middle School South | White | 85.4% | 480 |
| Ardmore Elementary School | White | 77.7% | 381 |
| Armada Continuing Education Center | White | 70% | 10 |
| Armada High School | White | 94.2% | 585 |
| Armada Middle School | White | 94.8% | 382 |
| Arts Academy in the Woods | White | 50% | 316 |
| Ashley Elementary School | White | 90.6% | 427 |
| Atwood Elementary School | White | 76.1% | 652 |
| Avalon Elementary School | African American | 52.7% | 313 |
| Beacon Tree Elementary School | White | 90.1% | 725 |
| Beck Centennial Elementary School | White | 89.8% | 460 |
| Beer Middle School | White | 43.4% | 745 |
| Bellview Elementary School | African American | 72.8% | 224 |
| Bemis Junior High School | White | 79.5% | 805 |
| Black Elementary School | White | 56.8% | 421 |
| Bozymowski Center | White | 71.7% | 318 |
| Briarwood Elementary School | White | 44.9% | 332 |
| Browning Elementary School | White | 81.3% | 353 |
| Bruce Collins Elementary School | White | 81.5% | 428 |
| Burr Elementary School | White | 78.3% | 554 |
| Carleton Middle School | White | 64.5% | 659 |
| Carter Middle School | White | 55.7% | 684 |
| Center Line High School | White | 41.8% | 663 |
| Center Line Preparatory Academy | African American | 80.4% | 774 |
| Charles C. McGlinnen School | African American | 48.9% | 219 |
| Cherokee Elementary School | White | 72.6% | 548 |
| Cheyenne Elementary School | White | 79.4% | 451 |
| Chippewa Valley Adult and Mohegan Alternative Education | White | 62.9% | 140 |
| Chippewa Valley High School | White | 66.2% | 2,221 |
| Clinton Valley Elementary School | White | 55.8% | 328 |
| Clintondale High School | African American | 64.2% | 383 |
| Clintondale Middle School | African American | 69.1% | 349 |
| Continuing Education Center | African American | 48.4% | 277 |
| Cousino Senior High School | White | 60.4% | 1,279 |
| Crescentwood Elementary School | African American | 71.1% | 232 |
| Crissman Elementary School | White | 86% | 615 |
| Cromie Elementary School | White | 45.8% | 570 |
| Crothers Elementary School | White | 37.2% | 341 |
| Dakota High School | White | 79.7% | 2,723 |
| Davis Junior High School | White | 77.7% | 728 |
| Dean A. Naldrett School | White | 86.4% | 338 |
| Dekeyser Elementary School | White | 83.8% | 525 |
| DiAnne M. Pellerin Center | White | 57.1% | 240 |
| Donald J. Yacks Elementary School | White | 62.2% | 323 |
| Dort Elementary School | White | 46.7% | 225 |
| Dresden Elementary School | White | 77.2% | 413 |
| Eastland Middle School | White | 49.7% | 302 |
| Eastpointe Alternative Center | African American | 75% | 4 |
| Eastpointe High School | African American | 84.7% | 633 |
| Eastpointe Middle School | African American | 79.3% | 464 |
| Eastpointe Virtual Academy | African American | 83.5% | 127 |
| Eaton Academy | African American | 99.7% | 332 |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | White | 62.6% | 390 |
| Eisenhower High School | White | 88.9% | 1,835 |
| Elmwood Elementary School | African American | 50.4% | 345 |
| Emma V. Lobbestael Elementary School | White | 82.9% | 293 |
| Endeavour Elementary and Middle School | White | 72.5% | 499 |
| Eppler Junior High School | White | 81% | 616 |
| Erie Elementary School | White | 79.9% | 427 |
| Fitzgerald Senior High School | African American | 54.7% | 806 |
| Fitzgerald Virtual Academy | African American | 52.1% | 71 |
| Flickinger Elementary School | White | 74.9% | 443 |
| Floyd Ebeling Elementary School | White | 78.1% | 699 |
| Forest Park Elementary School | African American | 79.6% | 294 |
| Fountain Elementary School | African American | 42.9% | 289 |
| Fox Elementary School | White | 69.6% | 487 |
| Francis A. Higgins Elementary School | White | 78.4% | 421 |
| Frank Jeannette Junior High School | White | 70.3% | 656 |
| Fraser High School | White | 73.5% | 1,524 |
| Frontier International Academy Elementary | Asian | 87.5% | 273 |
| Glen H. Peters School | White | 82.9% | 258 |
| Graebner Elementary School | White | 67% | 549 |
| Great Oaks Academy | African American | 84.3% | 744 |
| Great Oaks Elementary School | White | 91.8% | 462 |
| Green Acres Elementary School | White | 57.6% | 486 |
| Green Elementary School | White | 76.5% | 460 |
| Greenwood Elementary School | White | 71.4% | 405 |
| Grissom Middle School | White | 69.6% | 697 |
| Harmon Elementary School | White | 66.4% | 348 |
| Harwood Elementary School | White | 54.9% | 497 |
| Havel Elementary School | White | 78.8% | 586 |
| Henry Ford II High School | White | 80.8% | 1,717 |
| Heritage Junior High School | White | 72.3% | 448 |
| Hevel Elementary School | White | 84.4% | 423 |
| Holden Elementary School | White | 71.7% | 346 |
| Huron Academy Grades 3-8 | White | 59.8% | 396 |
| Huron Academy Grades K-2 | White | 66.1% | 248 |
| Huron Elementary School | White | 67.6% | 485 |
| Huron Park Elementary School | African American | 54.6% | 447 |
| Indian Hills Elementary School | White | 83.6% | 432 |
| International Academy of Macomb | White | 63% | 446 |
| Iroquois Middle School | White | 82.7% | 843 |
| Issac Monfort Elementary School | White | 80.5% | 533 |
| Jack Harvey Elementary School | White | 63.7% | 427 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | White | 67.2% | 412 |
| Jefferson Middle School | White | 70% | 956 |
| John R. Kment Elementary School | White | 48.7% | 230 |
| Joseph G. Steenland Elementary School | White | 52.9% | 399 |
| Joseph M. Carkenord Elementary School | White | 69.5% | 650 |
| Kaiser Elementary School | White | 46.5% | 217 |
| Keith Bovenschen School | White | 48.7% | 224 |
| Kennedy Middle School | White | 71.9% | 694 |
| L'Anse Creuse High School | White | 68.2% | 1,246 |
| L'Anse Creuse High School - North | White | 78% | 1,588 |
| L'Anse Creuse Middle School - Central | White | 72.6% | 544 |
| L'Anse Creuse Middle School - East | White | 74.1% | 618 |
| L'Anse Creuse Middle School - North | White | 76.7% | 635 |
| L'Anse Creuse Middle School - South | White | 55.3% | 389 |
| Lake Huron Virtual Hybrid High School | White | 77.2% | 57 |
| Lake Shore High School | White | 68.9% | 950 |
| Lakeview High School | White | 71.3% | 1,465 |
| Lakeview Virtual School | White | 71% | 69 |
| Lean Elementary School | White | 43.9% | 558 |
| Lighthouse Elementary School | White | 92.4% | 445 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | African American | 70.4% | 355 |
| Lincoln High School | African American | 75.5% | 440 |
| Lincoln Middle School | African American | 70.3% | 401 |
| Lottie M. Schmidt Elementary School | White | 82.9% | 316 |
| Lucile S. Patton Elementary School | African American | 50.8% | 177 |
| Lutz School for Work Experience | White | 71.5% | 274 |
| Macomb Academy | White | 58.9% | 73 |
| Macomb Correctional Facility | African American | 100% | 1 |
| Macomb County Juvenile Justice Center School | African American | 69.2% | 26 |
| Macomb Math Science Technology Center | Multiracial | 100% | 1 |
| Macomb Montessori Academy | African American | 93.5% | 248 |
| Malow Junior High School | White | 85.5% | 1,043 |
| Maple Lane School | White | 73.6% | 53 |
| Marie C. Graham Elementary School | White | 58.4% | 334 |
| Marjorie Carlson Elementary School | African American | 50.4% | 349 |
| Mark C. Roose Elementary School | Asian | 31.5% | 489 |
| Mark Twain Elementary School | White | 72.6% | 340 |
| Masonic Heights Elementary School | White | 70% | 473 |
| May V. Peck Elementary School | White | 36.9% | 358 |
| McKinley Elementary School | African American | 63.7% | 344 |
| Memphis Junior/Senior High School | White | 95.4% | 409 |
| Merritt Academy | White | 79.5% | 551 |
| Messmore Elementary School | White | 60.7% | 341 |
| Miami Elementary School | White | 63.5% | 482 |
| Michigan Collegiate Elementary School | African American | 93.7% | 237 |
| Michigan Collegiate Middle/High School | African American | 98.4% | 638 |
| Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Dequindre | African American | 83.5% | 587 |
| Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Lorraine | African American | 92.9% | 154 |
| Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center | White | 64.1% | 92 |
| Mohawk Elementary School | White | 80.9% | 476 |
| Morgan Elementary School | White | 83.3% | 594 |
| Mound Park Elementary School | African American | 41.9% | 260 |
| Mount Clemens High School | African American | 70.9% | 203 |
| Mount Clemens Middle School | African American | 65.6% | 151 |
| Mt. Clemens Montessori Academy | White | 61% | 269 |
| Neil E. Reid High School | White | 71.9% | 96 |
| New Dawn Academy of Warren | Asian | 43.4% | 76 |
| New Haven Elementary School | White | 67.7% | 498 |
| New Haven High School | White | 66.5% | 364 |
| Noor International Academy | Asian | 48.1% | 160 |
| North Lake High School | White | 69.6% | 115 |
| Oak Park Virtual Academy | African American | 70.7% | 444 |
| Oakbrook Elementary School | White | 68.2% | 535 |
| Ojibwa Elementary School | White | 64.6% | 670 |
| Orville C. Krause Elementary School | White | 96.7% | 752 |
| Ottawa Elementary School | White | 62.8% | 500 |
| P. D. Chatterton Middle School | African American | 46.3% | 410 |
| Pinewood Elementary School | White | 54.8% | 396 |
| Pleasantview Elementary School | African American | 83.9% | 242 |
| Plumbrook Elementary School | White | 78.3% | 461 |
| Prevail Academy | African American | 68.5% | 585 |
| Princeton Elementary School | White | 71.2% | 622 |
| Rainbow Elementary School | White | 41.4% | 249 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School | White | 73.9% | 360 |
| Reach Charter Academy | African American | 86% | 577 |
| Richard J. Duncan Elementary School | White | 87.7% | 701 |
| Richards Middle School | White | 70.3% | 765 |
| Richmond Community High School | White | 87.2% | 530 |
| Richmond Middle School | White | 90.7% | 562 |
| Rising Stars Academy | White | 62% | 100 |
| Robbie Hall Parker School | African American | 92.7% | 313 |
| Roberts Elementary School | White | 70.2% | 506 |
| Rockwell Middle School | White | 71.6% | 67 |
| Rodgers Elementary School | White | 75.3% | 523 |
| Romeo High School | White | 85.7% | 1,715 |
| Romeo Middle School | White | 85.2% | 1,192 |
| Roseville High School | African American | 48.4% | 1,216 |
| Roseville Middle School | White | 46% | 659 |
| Salk Elementary School | White | 75.7% | 465 |
| Schofield Elementary School | African American | 42.3% | 156 |
| Schuchard Elementary School | White | 82.1% | 637 |
| Schwarzkoff Elementary School | White | 76% | 580 |
| Seminole Academy | African American | 64.9% | 370 |
| Seneca Middle School | White | 77.5% | 1,108 |
| Sequoyah Elementary School | White | 88.7% | 524 |
| Shawnee Elementary School | White | 88% | 699 |
| Shelby Junior High School | White | 89.3% | 1,025 |
| Siersma Elementary School | Asian | 43.2% | 426 |
| South Lake High School | African American | 73.6% | 516 |
| South Lake Middle School | African American | 65.2% | 299 |
| South River Elementary School | White | 75.7% | 514 |
| Sterling Heights Senior High School | White | 69.5% | 1,389 |
| Success Academy | African American | 59.3% | 81 |
| Sugarbush Early Childhood | White | 78.6% | 14 |
| Switzer Elementary School | White | 86.3% | 556 |
| Tenniswood Elementary School | African American | 46.9% | 356 |
| Thomas A. Edison Elementary School | White | 64.9% | 365 |
| UCS Alternative Learning Center | White | 67.3% | 196 |
| Utica High School | White | 83.5% | 1,368 |
| Violet Elementary School | White | 78.5% | 451 |
| Walt Disney Elementary School | White | 67.4% | 384 |
| Warren Consolidated Community High School | White | 62.1% | 132 |
| Warren Mott High School | White | 47.8% | 1,385 |
| Warren Woods Adult Education | African American | 50% | 2 |
| Warren Woods Enterprise High School | White | 53.8% | 91 |
| Warren Woods Middle School | White | 49.6% | 707 |
| Warren Woods Tower High School | White | 55.4% | 1,052 |
| Washington Elementary School | White | 68.6% | 353 |
| West Utica Elementary School | White | 58.2% | 483 |
| Westview Elementary School | African American | 40.1% | 451 |
| Westwood Elementary School | White | 51.4% | 508 |
| Wilde Elementary School | White | 65.6% | 538 |
| Wiley Elementary School | White | 81.2% | 510 |
| Wilkerson Elementary School | White | 61.2% | 441 |
| Will L. Lee School | White | 89.5% | 474 |
| Willow Woods Elementary School | White | 68% | 328 |
| Wolfe Middle School | White | 40% | 500 |
| Wyandot Middle School | White | 69.2% | 848 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Bemis Junior High School• Ojibwa Elementary School• Beacon Tree Elementary School• West Utica Elementary School• Macomb Academy• Oak Park Virtual Academy• Charles C. McGlinnen School• Maple Lane School• Lighthouse Elementary School• Michigan Department of Education• Mark Twain Elementary School• Fountain Elementary School• Jefferson Elementary School• Anchor Bay Middle School South• Schwarzkoff Elementary School• Willow Woods Elementary School• Continuing Educational Center• Seneca Middle School• Warren Woods Tower High School• Eastpointe Virtual Academy• Joseph M. Carkenord Elementary School• International Academy of Macomb• Macomb County Juvenile Justice Center School• Richard J. Duncan Elementary School• Rodgers Elementary School• Tenniswood Elementary School• Macomb Montessori Academy• Huron Academy• Malow Junior High School• Schofield Elementary School• Beer Middle School• Amanda Moore Elementary School• Center Line High School• Huron Park Elementary School• Shawnee Elementary School• Lake Huron Virtual And Hybrid High School• Crissman Elementary School• Robbie Hall Parker School• P.d. Chatterton Middle School• Rising Stars Academy• Floyd Ebeling Elementary School• Fraser High School• Chippewa Valley Adult And Mohegan Alt. Educational.• Eastland Middle School• Merritt Academy• Conner Creek Academy East-Mi Collegiate High School• Ardmore Elementary School• Eppler Junior High School• Warren Woods Adult Educational• Wilkerson Elementary School• Bruce Collins Elementary School• Wilde Elementary School• Endeavour Middle School• Schuchard Elementary School• Neil E. Reid High School• Armada High School• Briarwood Elementary School• L'Anse Creuse Middle School - Central• Prevail Academy• Will L. Lee School• Warren Woods Middle School• Carleton Middle School• Bellview Elementary School• Roseville Middle School• Algonquin Middle School• Pinewood Elementary School• Rainbow Elementary School• Henry Ford II High School• Violet Elementary School• Dianne M. Pellerin Center• Eastpointe Alternative Center• Conner Creek Academy East• Francis A. Higgins Elem. School• Dort Elementary School• Ralph Waldo Emerson Elem. School• Lincoln High School• Jefferson Middle School• Huron Academy (grades 3-8)• Great Oaks Academy• Cromie Elementary School• Beck Centennial Elem. School• Wyandot Middle School• Mt. Clemens Montessori Academy• Mohawk Elementary School• Macomb Math Science Technology Center• Ashley Elementary School• Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center• Noor International Academy• Jack Harvey Elementary School• South Lake High School• Dresden Elementary School• Success Academy• Sterling Heights Senior High School• Lean Elementary School• New Haven High School• Lutz School for Work Experience• Hevel Elementary School• Warren Woods Enterprise High School• South Lake Middle School• Richmond High School• South River Elementary School• Grissom Middle School• Fox Elementary School• Issac Monfort Elementary School• Messmore Elementary School• Elmwood Elementary School• Eastpointe High School• John R. Kment Elementary School• Cheyenne Elementary School• Shelby Junior High School• Burr Elementary School• New Haven Elementary School• Reach Charter Academy• Heritage Junior High School• Indian Hills Elementary School• Marjorie Carlson Elementary School• Kaiser Elementary School• Browning Elementary School• Iroquois Middle School• L'Anse Creuse Middle School - East• Crescentwood Elementary School• Frank Jeannette Junior High School• Princeton Elementary School• L'Anse Creuse High School - North• Westview Elementary School• Marie C. Graham Elem. School• Ottawa Elementary School• Michigan Mathematics And Science Academy Lorraine• Pleasantview Elementary School• Davis Junior High School• Wiley Elementary School• Warren Consolidated Community High School• McKinley Elementary School• Lottie M. Schmidt Elementary School• Utica High School• May V. Peck Elementary School• Glen H. Peters School• Kennedy Middle School• Westwood Elementary School• Graebner Elementary School• Siersma Elementary School• Eisenhower High School• Mark C. Roose Elementary School• Roseville High School• Eaton Academy• Dakota High School• Avalon Elementary School• Forest Park Elementary School• Seminole Academy• Plumbrook Elementary School• Miami Elementary School• Rockwell School• Black Elementary School• Atwood Elementary School• Anchor Bay Middle School North• Carter Middle School• Erie Elementary School• Lakeview High School• Academy of Warren• Flickinger Elementary School• Frontier International Academy Elementary• L'Anse Creuse High School• Harwood Elementary School• Adlai Stevenson High School• Walt Disney Elementary School• Memphis High School• Richmond Middle School• Huron Elementary School• L'Anse Creuse Middle School - North• Armada Continuing Education Center• Academy 21• New Dawn Academy of Warren• Thomas A. Edison Elem. School• Clintondale High School• Ucs Alternative Learning Center• Armada Middle School• Dekeyser Elementary School• Cousino Senior High School• Lucile S. Patton Elementary School• Holden Elementary School• Clinton Valley Elementary School• Arts Academy In The Woods• Green Acres Elementary School• Mount Clemens Junior High School• Morgan Elementary School• Macomb Correctional Facility• Center Line Preparatory Academy• Harmon Elementary School• Richards Middle School• Lincoln Middle School• Great Oaks Elementary School• Sequoyah Elementary School• Green Elementary School• Orville C. Krause Early Elementary School• Lake Shore High School• Salk Elementary School• Greenwood Elementary School• Mount Clemens High School• Warren Mott High School• Eastpointe Middle School• Fitzgerald High School• Keith Bovenschen School• Lincoln Elementary School• Oakbrook Elementary School• Crothers Elementary School• Wolfe Middle School• North Lake High School• Romeo High School• Masonic Heights Elementary School• Joseph G. Steenland Elementary School• Cherokee Elementary School• Michigan Mathematics And Science Academy• Dean A. Naldrett School• Eisenhower Elementary School• Chippewa Valley High School• Roberts Elementary School• Fitzgerald Virtual Academy• Bozymowski Center• Havel Elementary School• Washington Elementary School• Emma V. Lobbestael Elem. School• L'Anse Creuse Middle School - South• Switzer Elementary School• Clintondale Middle School• Lakeview Virtual School• Donald J. Yacks Elementary School• Romeo Middle School• Mound Park Elementary School
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