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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School	Level	Enrollment	S:T ratio	Free lunch
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy Manistee, MI	Combined	3,934	21:1	72.6%
Highpoint Virtual Academy of Michigan Mesick, MI	Combined	3,455	27.9:1	76%
Michigan Virtual Charter Academy Hazel Park, MI	Combined	3,199	20:1	72.4%
Link Learning Virtual Program Belding, MI	High	2,526	–	71.4%
Cass Technical High School Detroit, MI	High	2,493	25.2:1	60.6%
Dakota High School Macomb, MI	High	2,476	20:1	20.8%
Northville High School Northville, MI	High	2,441	23:1	6.1%
Grand Blanc Community High School Grand Blanc, MI	Combined	2,377	20:1	34%
West Ottawa High School Campus Holland, MI	High	2,187	20.3:1	43.9%
Chippewa Valley High School Clinton Twp, MI	High	2,162	21:1	38.2%
Novi High School Novi, MI	Combined	2,141	18.1:1	10%
East Kentwood High School Grand Rapids, MI	High	2,068	19.7:1	55.3%
Lighthouse Connections Academy Troy, MI	Combined	2,056	25.7:1	69.6%
Lake Orion Community High School Lake Orion, MI	High	2,035	16.2:1	20.6%
Troy High School Troy, MI	High	2,032	18.1:1	11.3%
Hudsonville High School Hudsonville, MI	High	1,995	25.9:1	11%
Fordson High School Dearborn, MI	High	1,966	16.5:1	83.6%
Howell High School Howell, MI	High	1,964	20.7:1	20.6%
Western International High School Detroit, MI	High	1,959	23.6:1	74.2%
Canton High School Canton, MI	Combined	1,899	20:1	15.7%
Brighton High School Brighton, MI	High	1,887	18.5:1	11.2%
Adlai Stevenson High School Sterling Heights, MI	High	1,881	17.7:1	49.4%
Salem High School Canton, MI	Combined	1,871	21:1	17.6%
Romeo High School Washington, MI	High	1,817	19.5:1	22.4%
Plymouth High School Canton, MI	Combined	1,816	18.7:1	16.2%
Loy Norrix High School Kalamazoo, MI	High	1,785	24.8:1	58.8%
Dearborn High School Dearborn, MI	High	1,775	18.7:1	60.3%
Rockford High School Rockford, MI	High	1,750	18.2:1	13.1%
Anchor Bay High School Ira, MI	High	1,740	22.9:1	22.5%
Star International Academy Dearborn Heights, MI	Combined	1,728	20.3:1	85.9%
Grandville High School Grandville, MI	High	1,719	17.2:1	27.2%
Grand Ledge High School Grand Ledge, MI	High	1,704	20.8:1	21%
Huron High School Ann Arbor, MI	High	1,696	15:1	27.8%
Rochester High School Rochester Hills, MI	Combined	1,682	22.7:1	21.5%
Pioneer High School Ann Arbor, MI	High	1,671	16.2:1	20.6%
Belleville High School Belleville, MI	Combined	1,669	20.6:1	48.4%
Henry Ford Ii High School Sterling Heights, MI	High	1,663	19.3:1	33.4%
Michigan International Prep School Elsie, MI	Combined	1,657	36:1	57.1%
Success Virtual Learning Centers of Michigan Vestaburg, MI	High	1,644	54.8:1	76%
Grand Haven High School Grand Haven, MI	High	1,630	17.3:1	22.3%
Woodhaven High School Flat Rock, MI	High	1,629	28.1:1	36.2%
Eisenhower High School Shelby Township, MI	High	1,625	18.5:1	18.8%
Kalamazoo Central High School Kalamazoo, MI	High	1,613	22.4:1	55.8%
Hartland High School Hartland, MI	Combined	1,610	19.4:1	14.2%
Michigan Connections Academy Okemos, MI	Combined	1,589	21.8:1	60.2%
Oxford High School Oxford, MI	High	1,568	18:1	23%
Clarkston High School Clarkston, MI	Combined	1,552	19.6:1	14.6%
High School North Macomb, MI	High	1,545	21.8:1	30.8%
Holt Senior High School Holt, MI	High	1,529	16.1:1	41.2%
Stevenson High School Livonia, MI	High	1,523	21.2:1	21.1%
Rochester Adams High School Rochester Hills, MI	Combined	1,521	23.4:1	6.9%
Saline High School Saline, MI	High	1,519	18.1:1	9.9%
Jenison High School Jenison, MI	Combined	1,506	19.6:1	21.2%
Edsel Ford High School Dearborn, MI	High	1,502	17.5:1	66.5%
Okemos High School Okemos, MI	High	1,496	18.9:1	18.1%
Bloomfield Hills High School Bloomfield Hills, MI	High	1,481	14.4:1	12.7%
Stoney Creek High School Rochester Hills, MI	Combined	1,478	23.5:1	12.3%
Farmington High School Farmington, MI	High	1,470	17.1:1	26.1%
Athens High School Troy, MI	High	1,468	16.9:1	17.4%
Caledonia High School Caledonia, MI	High	1,438	19.2:1	17.3%
West Bloomfield High School West Bloomfield, MI	High	1,434	14.5:1	31.2%
Fraser High School Fraser, MI	High	1,431	15.7:1	38%
Oakside Prep Academy Waterford, MI	Combined	1,424	20.9:1	89.8%
Portage Central High School Portage, MI	High	1,391	20.5:1	14.8%
Utica High School Utica, MI	High	1,391	19.3:1	31.9%
Byron Center High School Byron Center, MI	High	1,387	22.4:1	18.6%
Lincoln Park High School Lincoln Park, MI	High	1,384	22:1	74.1%
West Senior High Traverse City, MI	High	1,384	23.1:1	30.2%
Walled Lake Northern High School Commerce Township, MI	High	1,383	20.6:1	16.9%
Taylor High School Taylor, MI	High	1,371	18.3:1	63.6%
John Glenn High School Westland, MI	Combined	1,368	19.3:1	51.4%
Warren Mott High School Warren, MI	High	1,335	23:1	65.8%
Monroe High School Monroe, MI	Combined	1,332	20.8:1	45.2%
Central High School Traverse City, MI	Combined	1,326	23.7:1	24.9%
Lakeview High School Saint Clair Shores, MI	High	1,319	22.4:1	36.5%
Heritage High School Saginaw, MI	High	1,313	18:1	40.7%
Royal Oak High School Royal Oak, MI	High	1,293	13.2:1	23%
Wyoming High School Wyoming, MI	High	1,273	21.9:1	67.3%
Crestwood High School Dearborn Heights, MI	High	1,272	18.7:1	69.8%
Franklin High School Livonia, MI	High	1,272	19.6:1	35.3%
Hh Dow High School Midland, MI	High	1,272	20.2:1	18.7%
Michigan Online School Gobles, MI	Combined	1,268	33.4:1	77%
Mona Shores High School Muskegon, MI	High	1,268	16.3:1	37.2%
Sterling Heights Senior Hs Sterling Heights, MI	High	1,262	19.1:1	70.1%
Bedford Senior High School Temperance, MI	High	1,260	17.3:1	22.3%
Wayne Memorial High School Wayne, MI	Combined	1,257	17:1	61.9%
Cousino Senior High School Warren, MI	High	1,250	23.1:1	48.9%
Oxford Virtual Academy Oxford, MI	Combined	1,249	19.5:1	25.2%
South Lyon High School South Lyon, MI	High	1,245	17.3:1	14.5%
Lakeview High School Battle Creek, MI	High	1,241	19.1:1	48.9%
Skyline High School Ann Arbor, MI	High	1,237	16.1:1	19.2%
Roosevelt High School Wyandotte, MI	High	1,236	18.2:1	48.8%
East Lansing High School East Lansing, MI	High	1,231	22:1	31.4%
Flushing High School Flushing, MI	Combined	1,229	17.8:1	36.3%
Churchill High School Livonia, MI	High	1,227	17.8:1	29.8%
Roseville High School Roseville, MI	High	1,211	19.9:1	66.3%
Advanced Technology Academy Dearborn, MI	Combined	1,207	22.4:1	89.5%
Berkley High School Berkley, MI	Combined	1,200	19:1	15.8%
Renaissance High School Detroit, MI	High	1,197	19.9:1	60%
Romeo Middle School Bruce Twp, MI	Middle	1,196	19.6:1	23.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25