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Mattawan High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mattawan High School
Mattawan High School, a sizable senior high in MATTAWAN, Michigan, one of the schools within Mattawan Consolidated School, enrolls 1,126 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 145% above typical.
Mattawan Consolidated School runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,545 students. Mattawan High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Mattawan High School logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, Mattawan High School lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Van Buren County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Van Buren County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Mattawan High School is one of 45 public schools in Van Buren County (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students).
Mattawan Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mattawan High School has shrank 6%, going from 1,197 students in 2018 to 1,126 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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