Eau Claire High School

Eau Claire High School, a rural-scale high school in EAU CLAIRE, Michigan, overseen by Eau Claire Public Schools, instructs 180 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Eau Claire High School sits 61% below that benchmark.

Eau Claire Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 587 students; Eau Claire High School is among them.

On demographics, Eau Claire High School logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 22% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Eau Claire High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Berrien County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Berrien County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $65,425 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Eau Claire High School is one of 75 public schools in Berrien County (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eau Claire Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eau Claire High School.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eau Claire High School has shrank 13%, going from 207 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Eau Claire High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.