New Buffalo Senior High School

New Buffalo Senior High School is a small high school found in NEW BUFFALO, Michigan. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 172 students. Against the 460-student average for high schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 63% lower.

New Buffalo Area Schools has 516 students spread across 3 schools.

Roughly 73% of students at New Buffalo Senior High School are White. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Its teaching staff equals 16.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.6:1. That is lower than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 44%. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Berrien County, the school's rate is lower.

According to the American Community Survey, in Berrien County, the median household income is $65,425, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 75 public schools in Berrien County, enrolling about 21,027 students in all.

The nearest other public school, New Buffalo Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 fewer students in 2024-25.

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