Colon High School

Colon High School, a low-enrollment senior high in COLON, Michigan, one of the schools within Colon Community School District, educates 271 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Colon Community School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 529 students. Colon High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Colon High School shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of St. Joseph County's rate of about 55%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (St. Joseph County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,425 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across St. Joseph County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,517 students), Colon High School is one campus in the mix.

Leonidas School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Colon High School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colon High School has grew 3%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Colon High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.