Dearborn City School District
Michigan Has Lost Students for 20 Straight Years
Correction (July 23, 2026): An earlier version described Dearborn as Michigan's fourth-largest district. By 2024-25 enrollment, Dearborn is the third-largest, behind Detroit and Utica.
Michigan Lost 387,613 White Students in 29 Years
Michigan's public schools enrolled 1,242,996 white students in 1995-96. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 855,383, a loss of 387,613 children, or 31.2%. The state's total enrollment declined by 24...