Potterville High School

Potterville High School is a 9-12 campus of low-enrollment scale in POTTERVILLE, Michigan, one of the schools within Potterville Public Schools, caters to 209 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 55% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Within Potterville Public Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 753 students, Potterville High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Potterville High School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Eaton County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Eaton County reports that median household income runs about $79,597, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Potterville High School is one of 47 public schools in Eaton County (combined enrollment of about 17,025 students).

Nearest neighbor: Potterville Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Potterville High School.

Potterville High School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 265 students in 2018 compared to 209 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.