Waterford Kettering High School

Located at 2800 KETTERING DR, in WATERFORD, Michigan, Waterford Kettering High School is a roomy 9-12 campus that instructs 909 students (grades 7 through 12), run under Waterford School District. Enrollment runs roughly 98% above the state mean of about 460.

Within Waterford School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,641 students, Waterford Kettering High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Waterford Kettering High School reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Oakland County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Waterford Kettering High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) shows that median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Waterford Kettering High School is one.

Pierce Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waterford Kettering High School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Waterford Kettering High School's enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 1,376 (now 909). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 77% to 72%.

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