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Rochester Adams High School
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Rochester Adams High School
Rochester Adams High School operates as a substantial 9-12 campus in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan, overseen by Rochester Community School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,521 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 231% above the state mean of about 460.
Rochester Adams High School is one of 22 schools operated by Rochester Community School District, a district that works with 14,592 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Rochester Adams High School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 18% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oakland County) logs that median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Rochester Adams High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Van Hoosen Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 1,570 students in 2018 compared to 1,521 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Rochester Adams High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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