Oscar A Carlson High School

Oscar A Carlson High School is one of the sizable secondary schools in ROCKWOOD, Michigan, one of the schools within Gibraltar School District, with 1,104 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 140% larger than the state mean of about 460.

Gibraltar School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,615 students; Oscar A Carlson High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oscar A Carlson High School records that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Oscar A Carlson High School records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Oscar A Carlson High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lakeshore Virtual School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oscar A Carlson High School.

Oscar A Carlson High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 1,141 students in 2018 compared to 1,104 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Oscar A Carlson High School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.