Shelby Review

There were 25,774 African American students enrolled in Macomb County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1.3% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Macomb County welcomed 115,358 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 22.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 223 schools in Macomb County, Center Line Preparatory Academy recorded the largest enrollment of African American students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 850 students.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,427,386 students enrolled in Michigan schools, a figure 4.8% below the pre-pandemic total of 1,499,552 in 2019-20, with white students seeing the largest decline of approximately 3%.

Academic performance in Michigan remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, the share of students reaching the basic benchmark in core subjects is about 10 percentage points lower than in 2019—except for fourth-grade math, which saw a decline of just 2 points.

Achievement gaps between ethnic groups also persist. On average, Hispanic students scored 15 points below white students. The gap was even wider for Black students, who scored about 30 points lower than their white peers.

The 2025 education budget, approved by Gov. Whitmer last July, totals $23.4 billion—$900 million less than the previous year’s budget. K-12 schools are working with $20.6 billion, a reduction from the $21.5 billion allocated in 2024.

However, some school superintendents and educators were concerned about the new budget. "Schools cannot function properly without adequate funding for safety and mental health," stated Rep. David Martin, R-Davison, referring to a significant cut of around $301 million from school safety and mental health programs. Based on the current bill, the program will receive just $26.5 million.

School name	% of African American students enrolment	Total enrollment
Eastpointe Alternative Center	100%	3
Eaton Academy	99.1%	332
Michigan Collegiate Elementary School	98.3%	232
Academy of Warren	98.2%	817
Michigan Collegiate Middle/High School	97.1%	560
Macomb Montessori Academy	92.9%	255
Robbie Hall Parker School	91.1%	337
Eastpointe Virtual Academy	89.1%	128
Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Lorraine	89%	181
Pleasantview Elementary School	84.2%	311
Reach Charter Academy	84.1%	528
Eastpointe Middle School	83.7%	295
Eastpointe High School	82.4%	624
Center Line Preparatory Academy	81.5%	1,043
Great Oaks Academy	81.1%	768
Michigan Mathematics and Science Academy Dequindre	78.9%	573
Forest Park Elementary School	77.2%	356
Crescentwood Elementary School	76.9%	195
Bellview Elementary School	75.2%	202
Lincoln High School	74.4%	489
South Lake High School	73.9%	426
Macomb County Juvenile Justice Center School	73.9%	23
Lincoln Middle School	73.3%	408
Clintondale Middle School	72.9%	269
Lincoln Elementary School	69.8%	378
Mount Clemens Middle School	68.9%	151
Clintondale High School	67.8%	360
Prevail Academy	65.4%	534
Mount Clemens High School	65.3%	239
McKinley Elementary School	64.2%	327
Seminole Academy	64.1%	407
Fitzgerald Senior High School	63.3%	861
South Lake Middle School	63.1%	309
Fitzgerald Virtual Academy	61.5%	78
Huron Park Elementary School	58.2%	440
Lucile S. Patton Elementary School	57.9%	171
Elmwood Elementary School	54.4%	305
Avalon Elementary School	53.9%	345
Marjorie Carlson Elementary School	53.3%	360
Success Academy	53.1%	64
Tenniswood Elementary School	50.6%	356
Continuing Education Center	50%	246
Macomb Correctional Facility	50%	6
Roseville High School	50%	1,211
Eastland Middle School	49.7%	310
Dort Elementary School	48.8%	215
Westview Elementary School	48.7%	446
Roseville Middle School	47.7%	620
P. D. Chatterton Middle School	46.7%	409
Kaiser Elementary School	46.5%	215
Charles C. McGlinnen School	46.5%	409
Fountain Elementary School	44.1%	261
Mound Park Elementary School	43.6%	296
Keith Bovenschen School	41.2%	226
Joseph G. Steenland Elementary School	40.9%	362
Schofield Elementary School	38.5%	169
Rising Stars Academy	37.1%	105
Center Line High School	36.4%	646
L'Anse Creuse Middle School - South	35.8%	383
Wolfe Middle School	35.6%	506
May V. Peck Elementary School	35.5%	493
Warren Woods Enterprise High School	34.7%	75
John R. Kment Elementary School	33.7%	255
Academy 21	33.1%	148
Warren Consolidated Community High School	33%	103
Macomb Academy	31.7%	82
DiAnne M. Pellerin Center	31.3%	182
Briarwood Elementary School	31.1%	347
Eisenhower Elementary School	30.4%	391
Chippewa Valley Adult and Mohegan Alternative Education	30.1%	143
Clinton Valley Elementary School	30.1%	322
Crothers Elementary School	29.2%	322
Huron Academy Grades 3-8	29.2%	408
Warren Woods Middle School	29.1%	741
Mt. Clemens Montessori Academy	28.8%	278
Arts Academy in the Woods	28.7%	327
Warren Woods Tower High School	28.4%	970
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	27.8%	378
North Lake High School	27.4%	124
Marie C. Graham Elementary School	26.1%	356
Huron Academy Grades K-2	26%	273
Miami Elementary School	25.6%	473
Maple Lane School	25.5%	55
Black Elementary School	25.5%	458
Cousino Senior High School	25.3%	1,250
Cromie Elementary School	24.2%	598
Westwood Elementary School	24%	512
West Utica Elementary School	23.8%	522
Donald J. Yacks Elementary School	23.3%	300
Pinewood Elementary School	23.2%	353
Algonquin Middle School	23.1%	542
L'Anse Creuse High School	23%	1,172
Chippewa Valley High School	22.8%	2,162
New Haven High School	22.6%	314
Carter Middle School	22.5%	679
Ottawa Elementary School	22%	519
Siersma Elementary School	21.9%	494
Harmon Elementary School	21.8%	317
Carleton Middle School	21.2%	638
Willow Woods Elementary School	20.2%	362
Neil E. Reid High School	19.8%	81
Rockwell Middle School	19.7%	66
Lakeview Virtual School	19.6%	46
Lutz School for Work Experience	19.3%	270
Lake Shore High School	18.7%	914
Wyandot Middle School	18.5%	844
Green Acres Elementary School	18.5%	496
Bozymowski Center	18%	373
Lake Huron Virtual Hybrid High School	17.6%	170
Jefferson Middle School	17.6%	990
Fraser High School	17.6%	1,431
Mark C. Roose Elementary School	17.6%	369
Lakeview High School	17.4%	1,319
New Haven Elementary School	16.8%	458
Endeavour Elementary and Middle School	16.8%	595
Richards Middle School	16.5%	661
Warren Mott High School	16.3%	1,335
Mark Twain Elementary School	16.2%	339
Walt Disney Elementary School	16.1%	366
Wilde Elementary School	15.5%	496
Huron Elementary School	15.1%	522
Ojibwa Elementary School	15.1%	622
L'Anse Creuse Middle School - Central	15%	601
Masonic Heights Elementary School	15%	466
Salk Elementary School	14.9%	455
Kennedy Middle School	14.6%	710
UCS Alternative Learning Center	14.3%	245
L'Anse Creuse Middle School - East	14.2%	626
Joseph M. Carkenord Elementary School	14.2%	656
Schwarzkoff Elementary School	14.2%	597
Wilkerson Elementary School	13.7%	481
Jefferson Elementary School	13.7%	408
Sterling Heights Senior High School	13.5%	1,262
Holden Elementary School	13.5%	341
Greenwood Elementary School	13.5%	430
Fox Elementary School	13.4%	471
Graebner Elementary School	13.4%	509
Cherokee Elementary School	13.1%	526
Beer Middle School	12.9%	665
Glen H. Peters School	12.7%	244
South River Elementary School	12.6%	515
Erie Elementary School	12.4%	474
Oakbrook Elementary School	12.3%	535
Princeton Elementary School	12.3%	652
Green Elementary School	11.6%	456
Rodgers Elementary School	11.6%	534
Frank Jeannette Junior High School	11.5%	716
New Dawn Academy of Warren	11.3%	256
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School	11.3%	345
L'Anse Creuse High School - North	11.1%	1,545
Harwood Elementary School	11%	498
Seneca Middle School	10.9%	1,078
Havel Elementary School	10.9%	571
Grissom Middle School	10.8%	703
L'Anse Creuse Middle School - North	10.2%	618
Cheyenne Elementary School	10%	440
Violet Elementary School	10%	471
Burr Elementary School	10%	490
Atwood Elementary School	9.6%	612
Dakota High School	8.8%	2,476
Bemis Junior High School	8.6%	742
Merritt Academy	8.6%	549
Adlai Stevenson High School	8.4%	1,913
	8.3%	60
International Academy of Macomb	8.2%	461
Lean Elementary School	7.8%	619
Dresden Elementary School	7.6%	420
Davis Junior High School	7.5%	1,061
Henry Ford II High School	7.3%	1,663
Flickinger Elementary School	7.3%	422
Iroquois Middle School	7.2%	814
Bruce Collins Elementary School	7%	426
Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center	6.6%	61
Mohawk Elementary School	6.5%	463
Utica High School	6.3%	1,391
Plumbrook Elementary School	6.3%	445
Emma V. Lobbestael Elementary School	6.1%	264
Francis A. Higgins Elementary School	5.6%	425
Anchor Bay Middle School South	5.5%	509
Ardmore Elementary School	5.4%	370
Browning Elementary School	5.4%	368
Dekeyser Elementary School	5.3%	512
Jack Harvey Elementary School	5.1%	429
Morgan Elementary School	5%	563
Issac Monfort Elementary School	4.6%	525
Lottie M. Schmidt Elementary School	4.1%	338
Great Oaks Elementary School	4.1%	468
Eppler Junior High School	3.7%	589
Schuchard Elementary School	3.5%	602
Dean A. Naldrett School	3.1%	353
Shelby Junior High School	3.1%	1,073
Sequoyah Elementary School	2.9%	490
Malow Junior High School	2.8%	1,084
Wiley Elementary School	2.8%	570
Hevel Elementary School	2.7%	441
Ashley Elementary School	2.5%	441
Eisenhower High School	2.5%	1,625
Anchor Bay Middle School North	2.5%	671
Floyd Ebeling Elementary School	2.4%	711
Shawnee Elementary School	2.3%	662
Switzer Elementary School	2.2%	495
Beck Centennial Elementary School	2.2%	406
Washington Elementary School	2.1%	428
Richmond Community High School	2%	490
Crissman Elementary School	1.9%	586
Romeo Middle School	1.7%	1,196
Noor International Academy	1.6%	186
Lighthouse Elementary School	1.6%	441
Frontier International Academy Elementary	1.5%	395
Romeo High School	1.4%	1,817
Roberts Elementary School	1.3%	534
Richard J. Duncan Elementary School	1.3%	716
Indian Hills Elementary School	0.9%	456
Beacon Tree Elementary School	0.6%	787
Will L. Lee School	0.6%	478
Memphis Junior/Senior High School	0.5%	388
Amanda Moore Elementary School	0.4%	457
Richmond Middle School	0.4%	570
Orville C. Krause Elementary School	0.3%	778
Armada High School	0.2%	533
Armada Middle School	0%	383
Armada Continuing Education Center	0%	13
Messmore Elementary School	0%	332