Eastern High School

Eastern High School is one of the expansive four-year high schools in ADA, Michigan, one of the schools within Forest Hills Public Schools, with 768 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% larger than the state mean of about 460.

Forest Hills Public Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,797 students. Eastern High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eastern High School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Eastern High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Eastern High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eastern Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Eastern High School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 804 (now 768). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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