Whitmore Lake High School

Located at 7430 WHITMORE LAKE RD, in WHITMORE LAKE, Michigan, Whitmore Lake High School is a modestly sized senior high that instructs 271 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within Whitmore Lake Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 41% leaner than the state mean of about 460.

Across the 2 schools in Whitmore Lake Public School District (672 students total), Whitmore Lake High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Whitmore Lake High School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Whitmore Lake High School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitmore Lake High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +3.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washtenaw County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,180, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Washtenaw County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), Whitmore Lake High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Livingston Classical Academy, around 1.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Whitmore Lake High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

Whitmore Lake High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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