Adlai Stevenson High School

Set in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, Adlai Stevenson High School is a sprawling four-year high school, operated by Utica Community Schools. It instructs 1,881 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Adlai Stevenson High School sits 309% bigger than that benchmark.

Utica Community Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 25,574 students. Adlai Stevenson High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Adlai Stevenson High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Asian, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, census data for Macomb County shows median household earnings sit near $77,837, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Adlai Stevenson High School is one.

The closest other public school is Plumbrook Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Adlai Stevenson High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,914 (now 1,881). The White share of enrollment edged down from 86% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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