South Michigan News

There were 21,917 students enrolled in Jackson County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

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 73.9% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Jackson County schools, followed by 9.4% of African American students, 9.4% of multiracial students, 6.1% of Hispanic students, 0.9% of Asian students, 0.2% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Jackson High School had the highest enrollment among Jackson County's 68 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 1,027 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
Jackson High School	1,056	1,027	-2.7
Northwest High School	972	954	-1.9
Northwest Early Elementary School	869	849	-2.3
Western High School	846	799	-5.6
Northwest Kidder Middle School	790	779	-1.4
Middle School at Parkside	766	759	-0.9
Northwest Elementary School	778	757	-2.7
Michigan Center Junior/Senior High School	580	642	10.7
George Long Elementary School	638	634	-0.6
Columbia Central High School	654	624	-4.6
Paragon Charter Academy	620	604	-2.6
Western Middle School	586	595	1.5
Ezra Eby Elementary School	559	543	-2.9
Northeast Elementary School	481	502	4.4
Hanover-Horton Elementary School	498	471	-5.4
Springport Elementary School	476	457	-4
Columbia Upper Elementary School	420	431	2.6
South Central Michigan Virtual	411	426	3.6
Bean Elementary School	402	398	-1
Cascades Elementary School	447	398	-11
Keicher Elementary School	402	392	-2.5
Grass Lake High School	366	392	7.1
Parma Elementary School	395	390	-1.3
Warner Elementary School	385	381	-1
East Jackson Secondary School	364	373	2.5
Townsend Elementary School	334	360	7.8
Hunt Elementary School	347	358	3.2
Da Vinci Institute (6-12)	383	355	-7.3
Napoleon High School	365	355	-2.7
East Jackson Elementary School	366	325	-11.2
Arnold Elementary School	334	325	-2.7
Sharp Park Academy	276	318	15.2
Grass Lake Middle School	311	307	-1.3
Concord Elementary School	290	304	4.8
Hanover-Horton High School	304	300	-1.3
Napoleon Middle School	292	296	1.4
Vandercook Lake High School	308	294	-4.5
Columbia Elementary School	323	291	-9.9
Jackson Preparatory & Early College	287	277	-3.5
Dibble Elementary School	281	276	-1.8
Springport High School	303	271	-10.6
Jackson Intermediate School District Local Based Special Education Programs	232	264	13.8
Lyle A. Torrant Center	234	238	1.7
Hanover-Horton Middle School	221	234	5.9
Springport Middle School	231	221	-4.3
Concord High School	215	196	-8.8
JPS Montessori Center	139	147	5.8
Concord Middle School	124	139	12.1
John R. Lewis Elementary School	130	136	4.6
Northwest Alternative High School	151	128	-15.2
Woodville Community Center	143	124	-13.3
Da Vinci Institute (K-5)	106	113	6.6
Columbia Alternative Education	88	86	-2.3
Ackerson Lake Community Education	105	84	-20
Jackson Pathways	110	82	-25.5
Vandercook Lake Virtual Academy	58	44	-24.1
Fourth Street Learning Center	42	36	-14.3
WAY East Jackson	48	24	-50
Youth Home Jackson ISD	12	20	66.7
Parnall Correctional Facility	1	6	500
Cotton Correctional Facility	5	6	20
Francis Street Primary School	31	--	--