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Spring Lake High School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 216 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 190 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 184 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 205 | 26% |
Where Spring Lake High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #193 of 844 | #9 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #437 of 548 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #429 of 550 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #353 of 436 | #3 of 7 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 795 | 38.6 | 20.6:1 | 17% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 38.1 | 20.8:1 | 14% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 39.9 | 19.8:1 | 16% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 38 | 22.4:1 | 17% (144) |
About Spring Lake High School
Spring Lake High School is a high-enrollment high school. Its address is in SPRING LAKE, Michigan. It reports enrollment of 795 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Michigan enroll around 460, and this school is 73% larger than that mark.
Spring Lake Public Schools (6 schools, 2,271 students) runs Spring Lake High School.
A large majority of enrollment at Spring Lake High School is White, at 91%. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for Spring Lake High School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.6:1. The school has 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 21.6:1. Federal data show 17% of students (132) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 17 points below the 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County.
The school is in Ottawa County, where median household income comes to about $90,502, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Across Ottawa County, 103 public schools serve about 42,894 students.
Spring Lake Alternative Education, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 795, down from 851 in 2017-18. By 2024-25, the school had 20.6 students per teacher, compared with 22.4 in 2017-18.
This page is set up for the Spring Lake High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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