Zemmer Campus 89

Zemmer Campus 89 operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in LAPEER, Michigan, part of Lapeer Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 628 students spanning grades 8 through 9. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Zemmer Campus 89 is one of 8 schools operated by Lapeer Community Schools, a district that caters to 4,064 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Zemmer Campus 89 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lapeer County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Zemmer Campus 89 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -5.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lapeer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,306 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lapeer County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,962 students), of which Zemmer Campus 89 is one.

CK Schickler Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Zemmer Campus 89 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zemmer Campus 89 has declined 26%, going from 847 students in 2018 to 628 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Zemmer Campus 89 typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.