Sparta Senior High School

Sparta Senior High School, a well-populated senior high in SPARTA, Michigan, part of Sparta Area Schools, enrolls 778 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 69% bigger than typical.

Across the 4 schools in Sparta Area Schools (2,353 students total), Sparta Senior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Sparta Senior High School shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kent County) shows that median household earnings sit near $82,631, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Sparta Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Ridgeview Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Sparta Senior High School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 806 (now 778). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 9% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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