Grand Haven High School

Grand Haven High School is a high school of sizable scale in GRAND HAVEN, Michigan, one of the schools within Grand Haven Area Public Schools, instructing 1,630 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Grand Haven High School sits 254% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Grand Haven Area Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 5,171 students, Grand Haven High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Grand Haven High School reports that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Ottawa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Grand Haven High School has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Grand Haven High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,502, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Grand Haven High School is one of 103 public schools in Ottawa County (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students).

Rosy Mound School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grand Haven High School has shrank 16%, going from 1,929 students in 2018 to 1,630 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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