Shelby Review

Among the many ethnicities represented in Macomb County schools, white was the most prevalent ethnicity among Macomb County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the 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.

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