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There were 16,456 students enrolled in Eaton County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0% more than the previous year, according to the Michigan Department of Education.

Boys made up 51.4% of the county student body, while the other 48.6% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 74.6% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Eaton County schools, followed by 8.3% of African American students, 8.2% of Hispanic students, 6.3% of multiracial students, 2.3% of Asian students, 0.3% of American Indian students and less than 0.1% of Hawaiian students.

Grand Ledge High School had the highest enrollment among Eaton County's 46 schools in the 2022-23 school year, welcoming 1,650 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 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Grand Ledge High School	1,635	1,650	0.9
Waverly Senior High School	977	1,000	2.4
Leon W. Hayes Intermediate School	738	774	4.9
Kenneth T. Beagle Middle School	771	748	-3
Charlotte Senior High School	681	698	2.5
Insight School of Michigan	599	653	9
Eaton Rapids High School	625	615	-1.6
Charlotte Upper Elementary School	545	573	5.1
Delta Center Elementary School	472	501	6.1
Willow Ridge Elementary School	473	494	4.4
Waverly Middle School	500	480	-4
Eaton Rapids Middle School	475	453	-4.6
T. C. Holbrook Elementary School	409	449	9.8
Olivet High School	485	448	-7.6
Olivet Middle School	458	443	-3.3
LifeTech Academy	375	400	6.7
Maple Valley Junior-Senior High School	391	385	-1.5
Winans Elementary School	392	384	-2
Greyhound Intermediate School	361	382	5.8
Elmwood Elementary School	369	375	1.6
Fern Persons Elementary School	363	374	3
Dimondale Elementary School	336	333	-0.9
Parkview Elementary School	288	319	10.8
Bellevue Elementary School	324	317	-2.2
Potterville Elementary School	290	312	7.6
Charlotte Middle School	353	308	-12.7
Lockwood Elementary School	306	307	0.3
Maplewood School	277	276	-0.4
Bellevue Junior-Senior High School	283	273	-3.5
Washington Elementary School	221	232	5
Potterville High School	243	229	-5.8
Galewood Early Elementary School	230	208	-9.6
Island City Academy	207	201	-2.9
Potterville Middle School	216	200	-7.4
Meryl S. Colt Early Childhood Education Center	182	192	5.5
Greyhound Central Elementary School	129	120	-7
Greyhound Central Performance Academy	112	89	-20.5
Eaton RESA Meadowview Offsite	68	67	-1.5
Relevant Academy of Eaton County	62	63	1.6
Strange School	37	33	-10.8
Eaton RESA Meadowview Onsite	34	29	-14.7
Charlotte Public Schools Project Success	32	28	-12.5
Maple Valley Pathways High School	11	23	109.1
Eaton County Youth Facility	18	18	0
Charlotte Early Middle College	1	--	--
Woodcreek Montessori	101	--	--