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There were 21,066 students enrolled in St. Clair County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.8% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.2% of the county student body, while the other 48.8% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 85.2% of the student body, the biggest percentage in St. Clair County schools, followed by 5.5% of multiracial students, 4.5% of Hispanic students, 3.9% of African American students, 0.4% of Asian students, 0.4% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Anchor Bay High School had the highest enrollment among St. Clair County's 56 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,777 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	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Anchor Bay High School	1,833	1,777	-3.1
Port Huron Northern High School	1,169	1,158	-0.9
Port Huron High School	1,100	1,058	-3.8
Landmark Academy	850	818	-3.8
Marysville High School	769	792	3
St. Clair High School	767	753	-1.8
Algonac Junior-Senior High School	672	671	-0.1
Marysville Middle School	616	634	2.9
St. Clair Middle School	643	632	-1.7
Central Middle School	629	584	-7.2
Fort Gratiot Middle School	584	550	-5.8
Keewahdin Elementary School	487	526	8
Yale Senior High School	551	526	-4.5
Washington Elementary School	449	478	6.5
Gardens Elementary School	480	475	-1
Algonquin Elementary School	466	457	-1.9
Marine City High School	523	456	-12.8
Edison Elementary School	418	424	1.4
Yale Junior High School	381	409	7.3
Holland Woods Middle School	420	408	-2.9
H. D. Crull Elementary School	358	383	7
Michigamme Elementary School	387	368	-4.9
Indian Woods Elementary School	365	365	0
Garfield Elementary School	343	359	4.7
Belle River Elementary School	376	357	-5.1
Gearing Elementary School	365	350	-4.1
Pine River Elementary School	379	349	-7.9
Yale Elementary School	341	342	0.3
Capac Elementary School	342	332	-2.9
Marine City Middle School	292	330	13
Memphis Elementary School	325	328	0.9
Morton Elementary School	322	322	0
Capac Junior-Senior High School	336	312	-7.1
Francois Maconce Elementary School	303	310	2.3
Roosevelt Elementary School	276	266	-3.6
STEAM Academy at Woodrow Wilson Elementary	207	249	20.3
Avoca Elementary School	252	242	-4
Literacy Academy at Cleveland Elementary	278	238	-14.4
Palms Elementary School	237	237	0
Blue Water Middle College Academy	255	208	-18.4
John F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary School	201	206	2.5
Millside Elementary School	194	185	-4.6
Woodland Developmental Center	186	179	-3.8
East Shore Leadership Academy	183	174	-4.9
Virtual Learning Academyof St. Clair County	135	141	4.4
Port Huron Schools Phoenix Academy	162	136	-16
Capac Virtual Education Program	56	62	10.7
St. Clair County Intervention Academy	41	50	22
East China Virtual Academy	45	47	4.4
Algonac Alternative Education	18	21	16.7
Compass Pointe	24	15	-37.5
Phoenix Alternative School	15	11	-26.7
Harrison Center	5	6	20
Port Huron Schools Virtual School	18	--	--
Riverview East High School	25	--	--