TROY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Troy Public Schools has been an outlier in the state of Michigan in terms of enrollment. The Oakland County school district is one of the few districts to see its enrollment grow from 1999-2000 to 2024-25.

But that trend is projected to stop, and there were signs it already has started. The school district received a report that projected its K-12 enrollment would drop by 2029.

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Many school districts around the state have seen dramatic decreases in enrollment over the last 25 years. Flint’s public school district has seen its enrollment drop from 23,692 in 1999-2000 to 2,617 in 2024-25.

Michigan’s K-12 public school enrollment was 2,023,944 in 1977-78. It has steadily declined over the years, falling to 1,427,386 in 2024-25.

Yet, Troy’s K-12 enrollment has increased from 12,087 in 1999-2000 to 12,274 in 2024-25. But the district suffered a minor of reduction of 97 students from last year.

And one of the projections in the district report, the K-12 school enrollment is projected to drop from 11,598 in 2024 to 10,617 by 2029. Another chart shows enrollment at 12,188 in 2018 and dropping to 10,383 in 2029. All the projections in the report showed an overall decline in enrollment.

Enrollment data can vary depending on what time a student count is taken. School districts have official counts in the fall and spring and also have blended totals for funding purposes.

Declining birth rates in Oakland County was the major factor for the reduction. The study was produced by the Plante Moran accounting firm.