Lamphere High School

As a high-enrollment four-year high school in MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan, Lamphere High School enrolls 753 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Lamphere Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Lamphere High School sits 64% above that benchmark.

Lamphere High School is one of 7 schools operated by Lamphere Public Schools, a district that serves 2,416 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lamphere High School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Lamphere High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hiller Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Lamphere High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lamphere High School has changed only slightly, going from 766 students in 2018 to 753 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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