Gladstone Area High School

As an average-sized senior high in GLADSTONE, Michigan, Gladstone Area High School educates 472 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Gladstone Area Schools.

Across the 4 schools in Gladstone Area Schools (1,494 students total), Gladstone Area High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gladstone Area High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest comes out to 6% Native American, 4% multiracial. Compared to Delta County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Gladstone Area High School lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Gladstone Area High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Gladstone Area High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delta County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Delta County put the typical household earns roughly $57,809 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gladstone Area High School is one of 15 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 4,382 students).

Cameron Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Gladstone Area High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gladstone Area High School has ticked down 8%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Gladstone Area High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.