Walled Lake Central High School

Set in COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Walled Lake Central High School is a well-populated high school, overseen by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. It enrolls 1,182 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 157% bigger than the state mean of about 460.

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 11,640 students; Walled Lake Central High School is among them.

Demographically, Walled Lake Central High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Oakland County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Walled Lake Central High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, Oakland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Walled Lake Central High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oakley Park Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walled Lake Central High School.

Walled Lake Central High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 1,670 students in 2018 compared to 1,182 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 77% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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