Shiawassee Times

There were 13 American Indian students enrolled in Shiawassee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 35% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Data showed that Shiawassee County welcomed 10,357 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the second lowest represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 29 schools in Shiawassee County, Bryant School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of four 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Bryant School	0.9	463
Byron Area Elementary School	0.6	319
Morrice Area High School	0.9	231
Corunna Middle School	0.2	445
Laingsburg Elementary School	0.2	521
Durand Area High School	0.2	402
Laingsburg Middle School	0.4	259
Bertha Neal School	0.6	169
Perry High School	0	333
Owosso High School	0	807
Corunna High School	0	647
Perry Elementary School	0	337
Robert Kerr School	0	352
Owosso Middle School	0	644
Elsa Meyer Elementary School	0	508
Central School	0	411
Perry Middle School	0	293
Emerson School	0	443
Durand Middle School	0	271
New Lothrop High School	0	408
Laingsburg High School	0	356
Morrice Area Elementary School	0	220
Leonard Elementary School	0	318
New Lothrop Elementary School	0	508
Shiawassee RESD Student Learning Center - West	0	184
Lincoln Alternative High School	0	129
Byron Area Middle School	0	133
Byron Area High School	0	210
Ovid-Elsie Community Education/Alternative High School	0	36