Plainwell High School

Plainwell High School is one of the public schools in PLAINWELL, Michigan. It is a large high school. It reports enrollment of 828 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Michigan enroll around 460, and this school is 80% bigger than that mark.

Plainwell Community Schools counts 2,620 students in its 6 schools, and Plainwell High School is one of them.

A large majority of enrollment at Plainwell High School is White, at 85%. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among Allegan County residents, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Plainwell High School scores 27%.

Plainwell High School has 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1. That is in line with the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. At Plainwell High School, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 43% average for public schools in Allegan County is 16 points higher.

For Allegan County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $83,283, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 55 public schools and about 17,174 students.

Plainwell High School's closest public school neighbor is Starr Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Plainwell High School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area. NCES lists Plainwell High School as a virtual school.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 834 in 2020-21 and 828 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 22.5:1 to 20.9:1.

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