The largest public schools in Michigan

Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy in Manistee was Michigan's largest public school in 2024-25, with 3,934 students. 5 of the 15 largest teach online; their enrollment comes from across the state.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · ranked by fall 2024 membership, schools open that year · method

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

The 50 largest, with their teachers

School	City	Students	Per teacher	Online
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy	Manistee	3,934	19.1	Yes
Highpoint Virtual Academy of MIchigan	Mesick	3,455	19.3	Yes
Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	Hazel Park	3,199	19.6	Yes
Link Learning Virtual Program	Belding	2,526	89.9	Yes
Cass Technical High School	Detroit	2,493	24.0	No
Dakota High School	Macomb	2,476	21.6	No
Northville High School	Northville	2,441	22.1	No
Grand Blanc Community High School	Grand Blanc	2,377	21.1	No
West Ottawa High School Campus	Holland	2,187	19.6	No
Chippewa Valley High School	Clinton Twp	2,162	21.8	No
Novi High School	Novi	2,141	18.7	No
East Kentwood High School	Grand Rapids	2,068	19.5	No
Lighthouse Connections Academy	Troy	2,056	24.2	Yes
Lake Orion Community High School	Lake Orion	2,035	18.8	No
Troy High School	Troy	2,032	18.4	No

The other 35 on the list

School	City	Students	Per teacher	Online
Hudsonville High School	Hudsonville	1,995	18.9	No
Fordson High School	Dearborn	1,966	19.2	No
Howell High School	Howell	1,964	21.2	No
Western International High School	Detroit	1,959	23.0	No
Canton High School	Canton	1,899	20.6	No
Brighton High School	Brighton	1,887	19.6	No
Adlai Stevenson High School	Sterling Heights	1,881	17.9	No
Salem High School	Canton	1,871	20.1	No
Romeo High School	Washington	1,817	16.6	No
Plymouth High School	Canton	1,816	18.8	No
Loy Norrix High School	Kalamazoo	1,785	22.4	No
Dearborn High School	Dearborn	1,775	19.6	No
Rockford High School	Rockford	1,750	19.5	No
Anchor Bay High School	Ira	1,740	21.6	No
Star International Academy	Dearborn Heights	1,728	17.6	No
Grandville High School	Grandville	1,719	18.2	No
Grand Ledge High School	Grand Ledge	1,704	19.8	No
Huron High School	Ann Arbor	1,696	16.7	No
Rochester High School	Rochester Hills	1,682	23.1	No
Pioneer High School	Ann Arbor	1,671	17.9	No
Belleville High School	Belleville	1,669	22.4	No
Henry Ford II High School	Sterling Heights	1,663	19.9	No
Michigan International Prep School	Elsie	1,657	23.1	Yes
Success Virtual Learning Centers of Michigan	Vestaburg	1,644	78.3	Yes
Grand Haven High School	Grand Haven	1,630	18.4	No
Woodhaven High School	Flat Rock	1,629	17.2	No
Eisenhower High School	Shelby Township	1,625	19.8	No
Davison High School	Davison	1,623	17.3	No
Kalamazoo Central High School	Kalamazoo	1,613	23.1	No
Hartland High School	Hartland	1,610	19.0	No
Michigan Connections Academy	Okemos	1,589	25.2	Yes
Oxford High School	Oxford	1,568	19.8	No
Clarkston High School	Clarkston	1,552	20.3	No
High School North	Macomb	1,545	21.7	No
Holt Senior High School	Holt	1,529	18.6	No

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: membership, staff and the directory's virtual-status field.

More lists for Michigan

01Public schools in Michigan
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02Every school district
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03Fewest students per teacher
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04Highest-spending districts
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05Teacher salary spending by district
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06Largest schools in the U.S.
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Sources

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

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026