Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/
Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/
Boys made up 51.3% of the county student body, while the other 48.7% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 85.2% of the student body, the highest percentage in St. Clair County schools, followed by 5.5% multiracial, 4.6% Hispanic, 3.9% African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% American Indian and less than 0.1% Hawaiian students.
Anchor Bay High School had the highest enrollment among St. Clair County's 57 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,740 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.
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 | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Bay High School | 1,777 | 1,740 | -2.1% |
| Port Huron Northern High School | 1,158 | 1,089 | -6% |
| Port Huron High School | 1,058 | 988 | -6.6% |
| Marysville High School | 792 | 806 | 1.8% |
| Landmark Academy | 818 | 726 | -11.2% |
| St. Clair High School | 753 | 715 | -5% |
| Algonac Junior-Senior High School | 671 | 644 | -4% |
| St. Clair Middle School | 632 | 614 | -2.8% |
| Marysville Middle School | 634 | 603 | -4.9% |
| Central Middle School | 584 | 599 | 2.6% |
| Fort Gratiot Middle School | 550 | 533 | -3.1% |
| Keewahdin Elementary School | 526 | 510 | -3% |
| Yale Senior High School | 526 | 509 | -3.2% |
| Gardens Elementary School | 475 | 469 | -1.3% |
| Washington Elementary School | 478 | 460 | -3.8% |
| Algonquin Elementary School | 457 | 445 | -2.6% |
| Marine City High School | 456 | 437 | -4.2% |
| Yale Junior High School | 409 | 425 | 3.9% |
| Holland Woods Middle School | 408 | 404 | -1% |
| Edison Elementary School | 424 | 404 | -4.7% |
| H. D. Crull Elementary School | 383 | 397 | 3.7% |
| Garfield Elementary School | 359 | 377 | 5% |
| Indian Woods Elementary School | 365 | 357 | -2.2% |
| Gearing Elementary School | 350 | 353 | 0.9% |
| Belle River Elementary School | 357 | 343 | -3.9% |
| Michigamme Elementary School | 368 | 341 | -7.3% |
| Pine River Elementary School | 349 | 335 | -4% |
| Marine City Middle School | 330 | 330 | 0% |
| Yale Elementary School | 342 | 329 | -3.8% |
| Capac Elementary School | 332 | 326 | -1.8% |
| Memphis Elementary School | 328 | 321 | -2.1% |
| Francois Maconce Elementary School | 310 | 319 | 2.9% |
| Morton Elementary School | 322 | 317 | -1.6% |
| Capac Junior-Senior High School | 312 | 298 | -4.5% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | 266 | 270 | 1.5% |
| Literacy Academy at Cleveland Elementary | 238 | 250 | 5% |
| STEAM Academy at Woodrow Wilson Elementary | 249 | 246 | -1.2% |
| Palms Elementary School | 237 | 245 | 3.4% |
| Avoca Elementary School | 242 | 243 | 0.4% |
| John F. Farrell-Emmett Elementary School | 206 | 211 | 2.4% |
| Blue Water Middle College Academy | 208 | 205 | -1.4% |
| Virtual Learning Academyof St. Clair County | 141 | 189 | 34% |
| Woodland Developmental Center | 179 | 187 | 4.5% |
| Millside Elementary School | 185 | 179 | -3.2% |
| East Shore Leadership Academy | 174 | 163 | -6.3% |
| Port Huron Schools Phoenix Academy | 136 | 141 | 3.7% |
| Capac Virtual Education Program | 62 | 57 | -8.1% |
| St. Clair County Intervention Academy | 50 | 35 | -30% |
| East China Virtual Academy | 47 | 33 | -29.8% |
| Algonac Alternative Education | 21 | 19 | -9.5% |
| Harrison Center | 6 | 10 | 66.7% |
| Phoenix Alternative School | 11 | 6 | -45.5% |
| Creekside Learning Center | -- | 2 | -- |
| Compass Pointe | 15 | -- | -- |
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