Atherton Jr Sr High School

Atherton Jr Sr High School operates as a low-enrollment high school in BURTON, Michigan, operated by Atherton Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 323 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Atherton Jr Sr High School sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Atherton Community Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 638 students; Atherton Jr Sr High School is among them.

On demographics, Atherton Jr Sr High School records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Genesee County) logs that median household income runs about $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Atherton Jr Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Atherton Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Atherton Jr Sr High School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 432 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 54% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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