Merrill High School

Merrill High School is a very small secondary school in MERRILL, Michigan, run under Merrill Community Schools. The school teaches 165 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 64% smaller than the state mean of about 460.

Merrill Community Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 458 students; Merrill High School is among them.

Demographically, Merrill High School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Merrill High School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, census data for Saginaw County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saginaw County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), Merrill High School is one campus in the mix.

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

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.