Gull Lake High School

Gull Lake High School is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in RICHLAND, Michigan, one of the schools within Gull Lake Community Schools. The school enrolls 877 students in grades 8 through 12. That puts it 91% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Gull Lake High School is one of 7 schools operated by Gull Lake Community Schools, a district that hosts 3,402 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Gull Lake High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kalamazoo County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kalamazoo County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,532 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Gull Lake High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas M Ryan Intermediate School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Gull Lake High School.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gull Lake High School has ticked down 5%, going from 925 students in 2018 to 877 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.