Sterling Heights Senior High School

Summary:

Sterling Heights Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with a student population of 1,389. The school is part of the Warren Consolidated Schools district, which is ranked 365 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Sterling Heights Senior High School has a higher percentage of White (69.47%) and Asian (12.96%) students compared to nearby schools like Cousino Senior High School and Warren Consolidated Community High School, its academic performance is generally lower than the state and district averages. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Michigan high schools over the past several years, ranging from 417 to 500 out of 743 schools. Additionally, its four-year graduation rate, while relatively high, ranging from 88.1% to 91.4%, is still lower than the nearby Adlai Stevenson High School, which had a 53.6% graduation rate in 2022-2023.

Another concerning trend at Sterling Heights Senior High School is the sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, from 27.8% in 2019-2020 to 51.9% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the surrounding schools. This, coupled with the school's high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (over 70%), suggests that socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the academic and attendance challenges faced by the school. Addressing these issues, including the racial disparities and lower academic performance compared to nearby high-performing schools like Henry Ford II High School, will be crucial for improving the overall educational experience for students at Sterling Heights Senior High School.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 12901 15 Mile Rd
       Sterling Heights, MI  48312-4202


(586) 698-4249

District: Warren Consolidated Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
417th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,532 Help


Feeder schools for Sterling Heights Senior High School:

Elementary:    Holden Elementary School
    Jefferson Elementary School
    Susick Elementary School
    Willow Woods Elementary School
Middle:    Grissom Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  21.0 Help
Number of students:  1,389

Racial breakdown:

White:
69.5%
Asian:
13.0%
African American:
12.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sterling Heights Senior High School ranks worse than 56.1% of high schools in Michigan. It also ranks first among 3 ranked high schools in the Warren Consolidated Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.56. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Sterling Heights Senior High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Sterling Heights Senior High School has the largest high school student body size in the Warren Consolidated Schools District. Student population at Sterling Heights Senior High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (69.5%), Asian (13%), African American (12%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Warren Consolidated Schools District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sterling Heights Senior High School is 21. 3 high schools in the Warren Consolidated Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Sterling Heights Senior High School employs 66 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sterling Heights Senior High School is $16,532, which is the 3rd highest among 3 high schools in the Warren Consolidated Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sterling Heights Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sterling Heights Senior High School 417th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Sterling Heights Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Warren Consolidated Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Warren Consolidated Schools 365th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sterling Heights Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 42.92 480th 705 31.9%
2007 55.88 420th 767 45.2%
2008 62.18 358th 750 52.3%
2009 63.87 346th 754 54.1%
2010 56.21 429th 765 43.9%
2011 52.70 468th 784 40.3%
2012 45.14 473rd 773 38.8%
2013 53.55 405th 805 49.7%
2014 50.15 437th 799 45.3%
2015 43.52 485th 832 41.7%
2016 49.27 415th 852 51.3%
2017 39.29 462nd 835 44.7%
2018 42.36 477th 824 42.1%
2019 29.37 480th 666 27.9%
2021 22.65 460th 561 18.0%
2022 27.77 441st 531 16.9%
2023 32.25 500th 735 32.0%
2024 40.56 417th 743 43.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 56.06 38th 105 63.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.92 37th 102 63.7%
2019 23.31 21st 27 22.2%
2024 20.10 34th 43 20.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.05 92nd 315 70.8%
2021 11.82 24th 25 4.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.02 420th 755 44.4%
2019 25.14 428th 532 19.5%
2021 28.87 322nd 417 22.8%
2022 31.05 299th 369 19.0%
2023 33.06 427th 614 30.5%
2024 44.43 337th 654 48.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.62 397th 710 44.1%
2019 25.40 432nd 554 22.0%
2021 29.80 347th 462 24.9%
2022 17.64 388th 416 6.7%
2023 26.17 461st 611 24.5%
2024 36.87 380th 619 38.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.92 479th 707 32.2%
2019 22.24 433rd 543 20.3%
2021 14.20 430th 472 8.9%
2022 29.45 349th 440 20.7%
2023 28.98 440th 611 28.0%
2024 34.01 421st 633 33.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.66 63rd 87 27.6%
2019 35.02 31st 42 26.2%
2021 19.54 37th 42 11.9%
2022 17.43 25th 31 19.4%
2023 10.13 57th 63 9.5%
2024 7.02 65th 70 7.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.81 93rd 254 63.4%
2019 64.76 47th 147 68.0%
2021 57.91 24th 59 59.3%
2023 39.89 91st 170 46.5%
2024 59.04 55th 188 70.7%
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Rank History for White students at Sterling Heights Senior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.49 508th 708 28.2%
2019 13.60 521st 582 10.5%
2021 15.28 467th 516 9.5%
2022 14.99 459th 492 6.7%
2023 23.15 516th 647 20.2%
2024 30.32 444th 638 30.4%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Sterling Heights Senior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1873 32 43 8 1 n/a n/a -1 1956
1989 1747 1 36 28 14 n/a n/a 0 1826
1990 1594 5 68 9 2 n/a n/a 0 1678
1991 1540 6 69 8 4 n/a n/a 0 1627
1992 1424 5 65 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1502
1993 1754 6 91 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1859
1994 1617 8 100 5 2 n/a n/a 0 1732
1995 1365 14 80 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1464
1996 1365 14 80 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1464
1997 1357 15 67 6 1 n/a n/a 0 1446
1998 1343 19 61 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1431
1999 1379 22 70 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1479
2000 1395 29 66 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1496
2001 1414 34 65 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1521
2002 1396 55 64 10 10 n/a n/a 0 1535
2003 1396 55 64 10 10 n/a n/a 0 1535
2004 1413 77 57 10 14 n/a n/a 0 1571
2005 1310 98 63 8 13 n/a n/a 0 1492
2006 1284 138 62 11 11 n/a n/a 4 1510
2007 1229 175 64 4 11 n/a n/a 8 1491
2008 1174 186 76 22 7 n/a n/a 7 1472
2009 1140 167 78 19 5 n/a n/a 10 1419
2010 1143 159 82 14 6 n/a n/a 6 1410
2011 1179 160 93 16 8 1 13 0 1470
2012 1218 155 102 10 6 1 23 0 1515
2013 1137 155 116 13 5 1 28 0 1455
2014 1162 167 122 17 4 2 29 0 1503
2015 1220 151 134 27 4 3 26 0 1565
2016 1154 156 129 29 4 4 29 0 1505
2017 1130 157 127 32 4 4 22 0 1476
2018 1124 160 140 35 2 2 17 0 1480
2019 1122 161 144 30 2 1 12 0 1472
2020 1135 152 147 22 2 0 23 0 1481
2021 1102 143 169 25 2 1 27 0 1469
2022 1051 149 172 29 2 1 40 0 1444
2023 965 166 180 23 3 1 51 0 1389

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sterling Heights Senior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1956 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1826 n/a n/a 0.5
1990 1678 93.0 18.0 0.8
1991 1627 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1502 n/a n/a n/a
1993 1859 n/a 0.0 4.4
1994 1732 71.1 24.4 5.7
1995 1464 63.6 23.0 7.4
1996 1464 63.6 23.0 7.4
1997 1446 64.0 22.6 11
1998 1431 65.0 22.0 11.1
1999 1479 68.0 21.8 12
2000 1496 78.3 19.1 14
2001 1521 77.9 19.5 15.8
2002 1535 84.0 18.3 18.6
2003 1535 84.0 18.3 18.6
2004 1571 78.6 20.0 21.5
2005 1492 82.6 18.1 23.3
2006 1510 79.6 19.0 31.7
2007 1491 77.0 19.4 30.9
2008 1472 75.8 19.4 42.9
2009 1419 67.1 21.1 37
2010 1410 68.9 20.4 51.8
2011 1470 67.4 21.8 54.4
2012 1515 68.3 22.1 61.1
2013 1455 62.0 23.4 64.3
2014 1503 67.4 22.2 64.1
2015 1565 70.0 22.3 63.1
2016 1505 67.0 22.4 62.5
2017 1476 64.6 22.8 61.9
2018 1480 67.2 22.0 67.8
2019 1472 64.5 22.8 69.1
2020 1481 64.6 22.9 70.5
2021 1469 64.9 22.6 77.1
2022 1444 66.1 21.8 73.5
2023 1389 66.0 21.0 76

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sterling Heights Senior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1956 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1826 n/a n/a 0.5
1990 1678 93.0 18.0 0.8
1991 1627 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1502 n/a n/a n/a
1993 1859 n/a 0.0 4.4
1994 1732 71.1 24.4 5.7
1995 1464 63.6 23.0 7.4
1996 1464 63.6 23.0 7.4
1997 1446 64.0 22.6 11
1998 1431 65.0 22.0 11.1
1999 1479 68.0 21.8 12
2000 1496 78.3 19.1 14
2001 1521 77.9 19.5 15.8
2002 1535 84.0 18.3 18.6
2003 1535 84.0 18.3 18.6
2004 1571 78.6 20.0 21.5
2005 1492 82.6 18.1 23.3
2006 1510 79.6 19.0 31.7
2007 1491 77.0 19.4 30.9
2008 1472 75.8 19.4 42.9
2009 1419 67.1 21.1 37
2010 1410 68.9 20.4 51.8
2011 1470 67.4 21.8 54.4
2012 1515 68.3 22.1 61.1
2013 1455 62.0 23.4 64.3
2014 1503 67.4 22.2 64.1
2015 1565 70.0 22.3 63.1
2016 1505 67.0 22.4 62.5
2017 1476 64.6 22.8 61.9
2018 1480 67.2 22.0 67.8
2019 1472 64.5 22.8 69.1
2020 1481 64.6 22.9 70.5
2021 1469 64.9 22.6 77.1
2022 1444 66.1 21.8 73.5
2023 1389 66.0 21.0 76

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sterling Heights Senior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $620 (5.3%) $11,022 (94.7%) $11,642
2020 $718 (6.0%) $11,165 (94.0%) $11,883
2021 $1,391 (10.8%) $11,449 (89.2%) $12,840
2022 $1,533 (10.8%) $12,618 (89.2%) $14,151
2023 $1,716 (10.4%) $14,816 (89.6%) $16,532

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sterling Heights Senior High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 480th of 666 High schoolsRanks 500th of 735 High schools
 4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Sterling Heights Senior High School)31.122.7
 8.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Warren Consolidated Schools)35.423.9
 11.5%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Sterling Heights Senior High School)45.949.8
 3.9%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Warren Consolidated Schools)46.345.3
 1%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Sterling Heights Senior High School)25.219.1
 6.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Warren Consolidated Schools)24.719.1
 5.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students14721389
 5.6%
African American161166
 3.1%
American Indian23
 50%
Asian144180
 25%
Hispanic3023
 23.3%
Pacific Islander11
White1122965
 14%
Two or More Races1251
 325%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.1%76%
 6.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sterling Heights Senior High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,389 students attended Sterling Heights Senior High School.

Students at Sterling Heights Senior High School are 69% White, 13% Asian, 12% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

Sterling Heights Senior High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Holden Elementary School
Elementary : Jefferson Elementary School
Elementary : Susick Elementary School
Elementary : Willow Woods Elementary School
Middle : Grissom Middle School

Sterling Heights Senior High School ranks 417th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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