Farmington Central High School

Farmington Central High School, a tiny secondary school in FARMINGTN HLS, Michigan, part of Farmington Public School District, serves 126 students, covering grades 8 through 12. That puts it 73% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Across the 16 schools in Farmington Public School District (8,983 students total), Farmington Central High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Farmington Central High School shows that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 42% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Farmington Central High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Farmington Central High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Farmington Central High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kenbrook Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Farmington Central High School.

Farmington Central High School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Farmington Central High School's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 126). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 32% to 45%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

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