Lake Orion Community High School

As a sprawling 9-12 campus in LAKE ORION, Michigan, Lake Orion Community High School instructs 2,035 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Lake Orion Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 342% larger than the state mean of about 460.

Lake Orion Community High School is one of 13 schools operated by Lake Orion Community Schools, a district that works with 6,472 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake Orion Community High School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Lake Orion Community High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Oakland County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Lake Orion Community High School is one.

Community Ed Resource Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Orion Community High School.

Lake Orion Community High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Orion Community High School has shrank 11%, going from 2,291 students in 2018 to 2,035 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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