Churchill Community Ed Center

As a very small high school in ROYAL OAK, Michigan, Churchill Community Ed Center works with 77 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Royal Oak Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Churchill Community Ed Center sits 83% below that benchmark.

Within Royal Oak Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 4,727 students, Churchill Community Ed Center is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Churchill Community Ed Center reports that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Churchill Community Ed Center has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

Across the wider county, census data for Oakland County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Churchill Community Ed Center is one.

The closest other public school is Oak Ridge Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Churchill Community Ed Center has fell 11%, going from 87 students in 2018 to 77 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 7% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.