Dexter High School

As a well-populated 9-12 campus in DEXTER, Michigan, Dexter High School enrolls 1,053 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Dexter Community School District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Dexter High School sits 129% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Dexter Community School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,290 students, Dexter High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dexter High School reports that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Washtenaw County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,180, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dexter High School is one of 104 public schools in Washtenaw County (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students).

Creekside Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 1,137 students in 2018 compared to 1,053 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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