Fenton Senior High School

Located at 3200 W SHIAWASSEE AVE, in FENTON, Michigan, Fenton Senior High School is a roomy secondary school that instructs 982 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Fenton Area Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 113% bigger than the state mean of about 460.

Fenton Area Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,875 students; Fenton Senior High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fenton Senior High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Fenton Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Genesee County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Genesee County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), of which Fenton Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Andrew G Schmidt Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fenton Senior High School has shrank 16%, going from 1,173 students in 2018 to 982 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 88% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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