Belleville High School

Belleville High School operates as a sprawling 9-12 campus in BELLEVILLE, Michigan, one of the schools within Van Buren Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,669 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 263% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Belleville High School is one of 7 schools operated by Van Buren Public Schools, a district that works with 4,206 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Belleville High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 40% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Belleville High School has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Belleville High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 40% of students at Belleville High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Belleville High School is one.

The closest other public school is Owen Intermediate School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,678 students in 2018 compared to 1,669 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 44% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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