Public schools in Rochester Hills, MI

Rochester Hills has 20 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 9 high, 1 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 13,344 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Rochester Community School District runs 17 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Rochester Hills's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Rochester HillsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Rochester Community School District1715,017$14,637
Avondale School District33,821$17,217

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

9 high schools in Rochester Hills, 8,184 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Rochester Hills, 639 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Avondale Middle School63914.746.6%Avondale

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Rochester Hills, 4,521 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Rochester Hills's public schools compare with Michigan's

The median Rochester Hills school has 16.5 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Michigan median of 16.5. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 41% across the state. Its median school enrolls 520 students (state 360).

Rochester Hills against Michigan, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Rochester HillsMichigan
Median students per teacher16.516.5
Median school size (students)520360
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%41%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)10%76%
Charter schools0%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 20 Rochester Hills schools and the 3,326 Michigan schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Rochester Hills

  1. Rochester Community School DistrictRuns 17 of Rochester Hills's 20 public schools and spent $14,637 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,637
  2. Rochester High School, the largest high school in Rochester Hills1,682 students in 2024-25, 23.1 per teacher.1,682
  3. Compare Rochester Community School District with Avondale School DistrictRochester Hills's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MichiganMichigan's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Rochester Hills addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Michigan

  1. Detroit179 schools
  2. Grand Rapids127 schools
  3. Flint50 schools
  4. Kalamazoo45 schools
  5. Muskegon43 schools
  6. Saginaw43 schools
  7. Warren43 schools
  8. Ann Arbor42 schools

Questions about schools in Rochester Hills

  1. How many public schools are in Rochester Hills, MI?
    20 public schools with an address in Rochester Hills were open in 2024-25: 9 high, 1 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 13,344 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Rochester Hills?
    Rochester High School, with 1,682 students in 2024-25 (Rochester Community School District).
  3. Which districts run Rochester Hills's schools?
    Rochester Community School District (17 schools), Avondale School District (3 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25