Laker High School

Laker High School, an intimate senior high in PIGEON, Michigan, overseen by Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools, hosts 339 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Laker High School sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools (982 students total), Laker High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Laker High School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Laker High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Huron County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, Huron County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,870 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Laker High School is one of 27 public schools in Huron County (combined enrollment of about 4,235 students).

The closest other public school is Laker Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 19%: 285 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.