Oakland County's student body comprised mostly of white students in 2022-23 school year

MI Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael F. Rice 2023 | Michigan Department of Education

By Waterford Today

Jan 21, 2024

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

Of the 172,596 students attending Oakland County schools, 59.1% were white. African American students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 18.8% of Oakland County students.

In the previous school year, white students were still the most common group in Oakland County, representing 59.1% of the student body.

Deerfield Elementary School and Waterford Montessori Academy had the most diverse student body in Oakland County including African American, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, multiracial, white, African American, American Indian, Asian, Hispanic, multiracial, and white.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1% 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 Oakland County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

Students' Most Represented Ethnicity in Oakland County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most represented ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
ACE	African American	51%	49
AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School	White	98.4%	425
Addams Elementary and Early Childhood Center	White	76.3%	427
Adlai Stevenson Elementary School	African American	93.7%	444
Advantage Alternative Program	African American	69.4%	157
Alcott School	African American	42.8%	180
Alfred E. Upton Elementary School	White	60.4%	303
Alice M. Birney K-8 School	African American	96.3%	404
Amerman Elementary School	White	61.9%	554
Anderson Middle School	White	79.7%	479
Andersonville Elementary School	White	85%	320
Angell Elementary School	White	79.2%	385
Ann L. Dolsen Elementary School	White	54.7%	444
Apollo Center	White	100%	7
Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac	African American	79.8%	818
Athens High School	White	63.6%	1,545
Auburn Elementary School	African American	37.9%	306
Avondale Gifted and Talented Education	White	52.7%	277
Avondale High School	White	41.6%	1,004
Avondale Middle School	White	38.9%	630
Bailey Lake Elementary School	White	86.9%	495
Baker Middle School	White	43.8%	626
Baldwin Elementary School	White	85.7%	533
Barnard Elementary School	White	48.4%	426
Beaumont Elementary School	White	64.1%	298
Beechview Elementary School	White	44%	364
Bemis Elementary School	Asian	55.3%	472
Berkley High School	White	72.9%	1,217
Berkshire Middle School	White	69.2%	655
Bethune Adult Education	African American	100%	1
Beverly Elementary School	White	80.6%	284
Bingham Farms Elementary School	White	68.3%	328
Birmingham Covington School	White	73.6%	637
Blanche Sims Elementary School	White	77.6%	446
Bloomfield Hills High School	White	72.1%	1,598
Bloomfield Hills Middle School	White	74.5%	664
Boulan Park Middle School	Asian	56.1%	823
Bradford Academy	African American	98.9%	980
Brandon Adult Transition Program	White	75%	16
Brandon High School	White	85.8%	733
Brandon Middle School	White	83.7%	411
Brewster Elementary School	White	69%	397
Brooklands Elementary School	White	68.4%	488
Burton Elementary School	White	94.9%	435
Career Preparation	White	55.9%	34
Carpenter Elementary School	White	69.7%	466
Centennial Middle School	White	80.6%	865
Children's Village School	African American	55.7%	70
Churchill Community Education Center	White	71.3%	115
Clarkston Elementary School	White	88.9%	387
Clarkston High School	White	87.2%	1,575
Clarkston Junior High School	White	85.7%	1,034
Clawson High School	White	70.6%	391
Clawson Middle School	White	72.9%	273
Clear Lake Elementary School	White	84.9%	425
Clifford H. Smart Middle School	White	87.5%	934
Commerce Elementary School	White	85.2%	561
Conant Elementary School	White	77.7%	399
Cooke School	White	58.8%	165
Cooley Elementary School	White	74%	408
Costello Elementary School	White	55.9%	431
Country Oaks Elementary School	White	89.1%	525
Crescent Academy (PK-1)	African American	98.8%	173
Crescent Academy - Middle School	African American	99.5%	214
Crescent Academy Elementary	African American	98.4%	322
Daniel Axford Elementary School	White	85.6%	361
Davisburg Elementary School	White	82.5%	359
Deerfield Elementary School	White	56.1%	330
Deerfield Elementary School	Asian	48.9%	466
Delta Kelly Elementary School	White	57.1%	632
Derby Middle School	White	84.5%	626
Diploma and Careers Institute	White	47%	453
Doherty Elementary School	White	44.7%	479
Donelson Hills Elementary School	White	33.9%	378
Dr. Joseph F. Pollack Academic Center of Excellence	African American	97.7%	561
Dublin Elementary School	White	84%	468
East Hills Middle School	White	72.5%	571
East Middle School	White	47.9%	522
Eastover Elementary School	White	71.1%	456
Edison	White	54%	50
Edmonson Elementary School	White	77.5%	280
Einstein Elementary School	African American	94.7%	416
Ernest W. Seaholm High School	White	85.3%	1,243
Farmington Central High School	White	45.2%	155
Farmington High School	White	49.1%	1,400
Farmington STEAM Academy	White	43.1%	707
Faxon Academy	African American	88.2%	119
Ferndale High School	African American	64.1%	714
Ferndale Lower Elementary Campus	White	50.2%	476
Ferndale Middle School	African American	54.6%	540
Ferndale Upper Elementary Campus	White	46.6%	536
Forest Elementary School	White	66.8%	397
Four Corners Montessori Academy	White	63.2%	291
Frank E. Bartlett School	White	85%	474
Gill Elementary School	White	54.2%	485
Glengary Elementary School	White	82.8%	332
Glenn W. Levey Middle School	African American	94%	316
Grayson Elementary School	White	63.6%	462
Great Lakes Academy	African American	83.6%	183
Greenfield Elementary School	White	52.7%	262
Gretchko Elementary School	White	60.7%	374
Hamilton Elementary School	Asian	47%	436
Hamilton-Parsons Elementary School	White	95.3%	527
Hamlin Elementary School	White	56.6%	449
Hampton Elementary School	Asian	48%	517
Harbor High School	White	86.7%	143
Harlan Elementary School	White	81.3%	374
Hart Middle School	White	77.2%	1,032
Harvey-Swanson Elementary School	White	83.7%	515
Haviland Elementary School	White	64.6%	339
Hazel Park High School	African American	46.5%	587
Hazel Park Junior High School	African American	43.5%	430
Heritage Elementary School	White	89.6%	510
Herrington School	African American	73.9%	287
Hickory Woods Elementary School	White	43.9%	533
Highland Elementary School	White	90.9%	286
Hill Elementary School	White	58.7%	356
Hiller Elementary School	White	45.3%	243
Hillside Elementary School	White	41.8%	629
Hillside Middle School	White	67.8%	1,022
Holly Academy	White	91.3%	586
Holly Elementary School	White	84.6%	331
Holly High School	White	82.3%	1,032
Holly Middle School	White	84.5%	663
Hoover Elementary School	White	47%	266
Houghton Elementary School	White	77.1%	227
Hugger Elementary School	White	83.8%	519
Huron Valley Adult Education	White	100%	15
Independence Elementary School	White	87.7%	439
International Academy	Asian	48.9%	1,351
Invest Roosevelt Alternative High School	White	94.1%	304
J. A. Lanigan Elementary School	White	55.6%	505
James R. Geisler Middle School	White	50.9%	562
Jardon Vocational School	African American	47%	66
John M. Schultz Educational Campus	White	72.7%	55
Johnson Elementary School	White	78.1%	397
Keith Elementary School	White	84.8%	540
Keller Elementary School	White	81.6%	440
Kenbrook Elementary School	White	49%	392
Kennedy Center	African American	59.5%	79
Kennedy Learning Center	African American	87.3%	63
Kent Lake Elementary School	White	82.7%	509
Kenwood Elementary School	White	75.5%	184
Key Elementary School	African American	93.7%	541
Keys Grace Academy	White	86.2%	471
Kingsbury Country Day School	White	86.4%	354
Kingsley Montgomery School	White	71.4%	42
Knudsen Elementary School	White	72%	271
Kurtz Elementary School	White	84%	405
Lake Orion Community High School	White	77.1%	2,174
LakeVille Elementary School	White	81.3%	439
Lakeland High School	White	87.3%	1,141
Lakewood Elementary School	White	91.5%	425
Lamphere Center	White	66.7%	39
Lamphere High School	White	73%	729
Larson Middle School	White	58.3%	762
Laurus Academy	African American	90.1%	749
Learning Options High School	White	69.7%	76
Leonard Elementary School	White	89%	272
Leonard Elementary School	White	46.3%	400
Lessenger Early Childhood Center	African American	85.2%	27
Lessenger Elementary School	White	77.3%	242
Life Skills Center of Pontiac	African American	84.2%	38
Lighthouse Connections Academy	White	54%	2,454
Lone Pine Elementary School	White	78.7%	324
Long Meadow Elementary School	White	75%	571
Longacre Elementary School	Asian	44%	455
Loon Lake Elementary School	White	81.8%	479
MacArthur K-8 University Academy	African American	96.9%	423
Madison District Early Childhood Education Center	White	45.5%	77
Madison Elementary School	African American	49.9%	337
Madison High School	African American	61%	269
Madison Preparatory High School	African American	50%	2
Martell Elementary School	White	46.8%	389
Mary Helen Guest Elementary School	White	63.5%	351
Mason Middle School	White	57.8%	740
McGregor Elementary School	White	58.7%	450
McIntyre Elementary School	African American	95.8%	360
Meadow Brook Elementary School	White	72.2%	396
Meadowbrook Elementary School	White	43.5%	570
Meadows School	White	54.2%	24
Michigan Cyber Academy	White	47%	362
Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	White	52.1%	2,896
Milford High School	White	90%	1,293
Millennium Middle School	White	82.9%	1,039
Momentum Academy	Hispanic	62.9%	213
Morris Adler Elementary School	African American	92.3%	336
Morse Elementary School	Asian	37%	405
Muir Middle School	White	92.2%	641
Musson Elementary School	White	65.1%	527
NOVA Discipline Academy	African American	96.6%	174
North Farmington High School	White	49.5%	1,268
North Hill Elementary School	White	64.4%	503
North Sashabaw Elementary School	White	63.6%	294
Northwood Elementary School	White	84.6%	449
Norup International School	White	54.3%	674
Novi Adult Transition Center	White	50%	18
Novi High School	Asian	45.7%	2,101
Novi Meadows School	Asian	52.9%	1,006
Novi Middle School	Asian	50.1%	1,036
Novi Woods Elementary School	Asian	50.8%	496
Oak Park High School	African American	94%	993
Oak Park Preparatory Academy	African American	95.2%	694
Oak Park Service Learning Academy OPSLA	African American	100%	134
Oak Ridge Elementary School	White	76.3%	388
Oak Valley Middle School	White	84.3%	492
Oakland County Academy of Media & Technology	African American	78.6%	168
Oakland Early College	White	56.3%	158
Oakland Elementary School	White	61.9%	223
Oakland FlexTech High School	White	67.2%	201
Oakley Park Elementary School	White	77.4%	402
Oakside Prep Academy	African American	46%	1,182
Oakview Middle School	White	74.4%	406
Oakwood Elementary School	White	82.6%	442
Orchard Hills Elementary School	White	48.8%	410
Orion Oaks Elementary School	White	68.7%	515
Owen Elementary School	African American	51.6%	289
Oxbow Elementary School	White	83.7%	417
Oxford Bridges High School	White	56.8%	37
Oxford Crossroads Day School	White	54.5%	33
Oxford Elementary School	White	88.3%	366
Oxford High School	White	80%	1,701
Oxford Middle School	White	85.3%	963
Oxford Virtual Academy	White	79.6%	1,039
Page Middle School	White	68.8%	554
Paint Creek Elementary School	White	84%	532
Parkview Elementary School	Asian	66.9%	505
Pattengill Elementary School	White	73.2%	291
Patterson Elementary School	White	84.4%	437
Paul A. Schalm School	White	79%	390
Pembroke Elementary School	White	80.5%	298
Pepper Elementary School	African American	94.6%	367
Pierce Elementary School	White	81.4%	478
Pierce Middle School	White	71.8%	745
Pine Knob Elementary School	White	75.2%	471
Pine Tree Center	White	81.8%	66
Pleasant Lake Elementary School	White	67.8%	479
Pontiac Academy for Excellence	African American	59.3%	551
Pontiac High School	Hispanic	46.7%	935
Pontiac Middle School	African American	47.7%	729
Power Middle School	White	48.8%	605
Project Search	White	100%	3
Project Search	White	58.3%	12
Quarton Elementary School	White	88%	332
R. Grant Graham Elementary School	African American	43.9%	376
Renaissance Alternative High School	White	77.9%	195
Renaissance Virtual School	White	86.4%	881
Reuther Middle School	White	56.5%	655
Riverside Elementary School	White	64.4%	317
Rochester Adams High School	White	72%	1,534
Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus	White	57.8%	147
Rochester High School	White	68.9%	1,715
Rogers Elementary School	White	83.6%	360
Rogers School	African American	43.3%	240
Roosevelt Elementary School	White	39.9%	356
Rose Pioneer Elementary School	White	83.4%	259
Royal Oak High School	White	76.9%	1,341
Royal Oak Middle School	White	70.2%	1,060
Sarah G. Banks Middle School	White	70.3%	553
Sashabaw Middle School	White	82.3%	984
Sayre Elementary School	White	86.1%	502
Schoolcraft Elementary School	White	78.7%	403
Schroeder Elementary School	Asian	47.3%	446
Scotch Elementary School	White	56.6%	316
Scripps Middle School	White	70.4%	548
Sharon J. Hardy Elementary School	White	72.8%	599
Sheiko Elementary School	African American	42.1%	432
Simonds Elementary School	White	70.1%	241
Smith Middle School	White	52.5%	611
South Lyon East High School	White	77.7%	1,174
South Lyon High School	White	87.9%	1,302
Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology	African American	94.1%	1,208
Southfield Regional Academic Campus	African American	96.4%	112
Spring Mills Elementary School	White	92.1%	405
Springfield Plains Elementary School	White	89.7%	505
Stadium Drive Elementary School	White	66.4%	464
Stoney Creek High School	White	80.1%	1,524
Student Support Services	White	100%	2
Susick Elementary School	White	62.6%	382
Thompson K-8 International Academy	African American	91.1%	361
Thornton Creek Elementary School	White	66.6%	533
Tier III Intervention Academy	African American	57.1%	21
Tri County Educational Center	African American	88.7%	346
Troy Center for Transition	White	58.7%	63
Troy College and Career High School	White	69.2%	185
Troy Early Childhood	White	59.1%	66
Troy High School	White	43.2%	2,094
Troy Union Elementary School	White	54.6%	405
United Oaks Elementary School	White	42.3%	350
University High School	African American	95.4%	476
University High School Academy	African American	96.5%	317
University Hills Elementary School	White	65.2%	397
University Middle School Academy	African American	92.8%	222
Van Hoosen Middle School	White	66.1%	864
Vandenberg Elementary School	African American	82%	306
Viking Virtual Academy	White	65.3%	49
Village Oaks Elementary School	Asian	44.1%	538
Virtual Learning Academy Consortium	White	55.7%	327
Visions Unlimited	White	51.2%	80
Waldon Middle School	White	74.6%	547
Walled Lake Central High School	White	75.8%	1,195
Walled Lake Elementary School	White	55.4%	289
Walled Lake Northern High School	White	87.4%	1,485
Walled Lake Western High School	White	61.5%	1,161
Walnut Creek Middle School	White	76.3%	655
Walton Charter Academy	Hispanic	55.9%	809
Warner Middle School	White	51%	571
Wass Elementary School	White	55.2%	433
Waterford Durant High School	White	57.6%	132
Waterford Kettering High School	White	77.5%	966
Waterford Lifetracks Program Crary Campus	White	68.8%	48
Waterford Montessori Academy	White	71.7%	191
Waterford Montessori Academy	White	71.1%	211
Waterford Mott High School	White	51.3%	1,131
Wattles Elementary School	Asian	47.3%	410
Way Elementary School	White	76.9%	377
Webb Elementary School	White	48.3%	327
Webber School	White	75.5%	518
West Bloomfield High School	African American	45%	1,652
West Bloomfield Middle School	White	45.3%	941
West Bloomfield Transition Center	White	51.9%	27
West Hills Middle School	White	75.3%	474
West Maple Elementary School	White	80.1%	513
West Middle School	White	77.6%	843
White Lake Middle School	White	91.4%	532
Whitman Elementary School	African American	44.8%	601
Wilkinson Middle School	African American	51.3%	189
William A. Pearson Elementary School	White	79.8%	565
Wing Lake Developmental Center	White	64.2%	106
Wixom Elementary School	White	62%	387
Wood Creek Elementary School	African American	50.4%	401
Woodland Elementary School	White	56.5%	352
Wylie E. Groves High School	White	64%	1,110