Pontiac High School

Pontiac High School, a well-populated 9-12 campus in PONTIAC, Michigan, operated by Pontiac City School District, caters to 992 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 116% bigger than typical.

Within Pontiac City School District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,773 students, Pontiac High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pontiac High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 36% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 5% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Pontiac High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Pontiac High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Oakland County) shows that median household income runs about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Pontiac High School is one.

Pontiac Academy for Student Success is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Pontiac High School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pontiac High School has contracted 5%, going from 1,041 students in 2018 to 992 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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