Whiteford High School

As a small secondary school in OTTAWA LAKE, Michigan, Whiteford High School hosts 262 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.

Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 830 students; Whiteford High School is among them.

Demographically, Whiteford High School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Monroe County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Whiteford High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $77,335, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monroe County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students), Whiteford High School is one campus in the mix.

Whiteford Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whiteford High School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Whiteford High School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 246 (now 262). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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