Portage Community High School

Set in PORTAGE, Michigan, Portage Community High School is a minimally staffed senior high, overseen by Portage Public Schools. It caters to 137 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Portage Community High School sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Portage Public Schools runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 8,479 students. Portage Community High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Portage Community High School logs that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest reads as 16% Black, 13% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Portage Community High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kalamazoo County's rate of about 45%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kalamazoo County indicate median household income runs about $72,532, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kalamazoo County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), Portage Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Portage North Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Portage Community High School.

Portage Community High School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Portage Community High School has rose 10%, going from 125 students in 2018 to 137 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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