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School districts in Monroe County, MI

Monroe County has 10 regular public school districts, enrolling 19,885 students in 2024–25. The largest is Monroe Public Schools (4,428 students, 22% of the county), followed by Bedford Public Schools and Airport Community Schools. All 10 offer kindergarten. Michigan's kindergarten cutoff: turn 5 by September 1.

The 10 districts, largest first

School districts in Monroe County, MI by 2024–25 enrollment
District and officeGradesSchoolsStudentsKindergartenDistrict office contact
Monroe Public Schools
1275 N MACOMB ST, MONROE
Pre-K–1294,428352
(734) 265-3070
Bedford Public Schools
1135 SMITH RD, TEMPERANCE
Pre-K–1263,894305
(734) 850-6000
Airport Community Schools
11270 GRAFTON RD, CARLETON
also serves Wayne County
Pre-K–1282,814261
(734) 654-2414
Milan Area Schools
100 BIG RED DR, MILAN
also serves Washtenaw County
Pre-K–1261,839162
(734) 439-5050
Dundee Community Schools
420 YPSILANTI ST, DUNDEE
Pre-K–1241,752166
(734) 529-2350
Ida Public School District
3145 PRAIRIE ST, IDA
Pre-K–1231,410108
(734) 269-9003
Jefferson Schools (Monroe)
5707 WILLIAMS RD, NEWPORT
Pre-K–1241,371125
(734) 322-2551
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)
2400 MASON EAGLE DR, ERIE
Pre-K–12497962
(734) 848-9304
Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le
6655 CONSEAR RD, OTTAWA LAKE
also serves Lenawee County
Pre-K–12383164
(734) 856-1443
Summerfield Schools
17555 IDA WEST RD, PETERSBURG
Pre-K–12256751
(734) 279-1035

Monroe County at a glance

Together the 10 districts run 49 schools from offices in 10 towns. The smallest by enrollment is Summerfield Schools, with 567 students; the median Monroe County district has 1,410. By grade span: 10 Pre-K–12.

Kindergarten in 2024–25, counting the 10 districts that report a K grade: 1,656 children. The biggest kindergarten was Monroe Public Schools's, with 352; Bedford Public Schools had 305, and the smallest, Summerfield Schools, had 51.

Monroe County holds 10 of Michigan's 536 regular districts (1.9%) and 1.6% of its 1,214,168 public school students, ranking 14th of 83 counties by number of districts and 15th by enrollment. By size, 7 enroll 1,000 to 4,999 and 3 have fewer than 1,000 students, and the average school here has about 406 students.

3 districts reach past the county line: Airport Community Schools (into Wayne County), Milan Area Schools (into Washtenaw County) and Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le (into Lenawee County).

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance zones, so your home address decides it, and with 3 of Monroe County's districts crossing county lines the county alone won't. There is no address lookup here; ask the district. Each one's own site:

Monroe Public Schools · Bedford Public Schools · Airport Community Schools · Milan Area Schools · Dundee Community Schools · Ida Public School District · Jefferson Schools (Monroe) · Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) · Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le · Summerfield Schools

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Most US states use a September 1 cutoff. Year-stamped for the 2026–27 school year.

More in Michigan

Every Michigan district by county · Michigan kindergarten cutoff

More Michigan county directories: Allegan County (10) · Huron County (12) · Muskegon County (11) · Oakland County (27) · Saginaw County (12) · Van Buren County (12)

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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