Carl T Renton Jr High School

Set in NEW BOSTON, Michigan, Carl T Renton Jr High School is a moderately sized junior high, one of the schools within Huron School District. It serves 566 students across grades 6 through 8.

Huron School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,489 students; Carl T Renton Jr High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carl T Renton Jr High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Carl T Renton Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of -8.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Carl T Renton Jr High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carl T Renton Jr High School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carl T Renton Jr High School has contracted 3%, going from 586 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 84%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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