Reese High School

Reese High School operates as a tight-knit four-year high school in REESE, Michigan, operated by Reese Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 254 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Reese Public Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 743 students. Reese High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Reese High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tuscola County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Tuscola County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,811 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Reese High School is one of 30 public schools in Tuscola County (combined enrollment of about 6,459 students).

Nearest neighbor: Reese Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Reese High School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reese High School has shrank 16%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 254 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 86% across the same window.

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