Avondale Learning Center

Avondale Learning Center is one of the one-room-style four-year high schools in AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, overseen by Avondale School District, with 8 students on its rolls from grade 12. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Avondale School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,798 students. Avondale Learning Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Avondale Learning Center reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 50% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Avondale Learning Center reports 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 2.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Oakland County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Avondale Learning Center is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Auburn Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 7 students in 2018 compared to 8 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 57% to 50%. Class-load math has fell: from 5.7:1 in 2018 to 2.5:1 in 2025.

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