South Lake High School

South Lake High School is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in ST CLR SHORES, Michigan, one of the schools within South Lake Schools, works with 426 students in grades 9 through 12.

South Lake Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,385 students; South Lake High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, South Lake High School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 17% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at South Lake High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, Macomb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. South Lake High School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Lake Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Lake High School has ticked down 22%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.