Largest Schools in Michigan
Michigan has 3,399 public schools across 890 districts with a total enrollment of 1,387,222 students. The largest school is Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy in Manistee.
Largest Schools in Michigan
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy | Manistee | 3,389 |
| 2 | Michigan Virtual Charter Academy | Hazel Park | 2,895 |
| 3 | Dakota High School | Macomb | 2,723 |
| 4 | Grand Blanc Community High School | Grand Blanc | 2,556 |
| 5 | Northville High School | Northville | 2,499 |
| 6 | Lighthouse Connections Academy | Troy | 2,454 |
| 7 | Cass Technical High School | Detroit | 2,395 |
| 8 | Fordson High School | Dearborn | 2,339 |
| 9 | Highpoint Virtual Academy of MIchigan | Mesick | 2,308 |
| 10 | Chippewa Valley High School | Clinton Twp | 2,221 |
Largest Districts in Michigan
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Public Schools Community District | 48,251 |
| 2 | Utica Community Schools | 25,628 |
| 3 | Dearborn City School District | 19,874 |
| 4 | Ann Arbor Public Schools | 16,740 |
| 5 | Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | 16,143 |
| 6 | Chippewa Valley Schools | 14,903 |
| 7 | Rochester Community School District | 14,723 |
| 8 | Grand Rapids Public Schools | 13,657 |
| 9 | Livonia Public Schools School District | 13,045 |
| 10 | Warren Consolidated Schools | 12,468 |
School data for Michigan is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in Michigan by enrollment is Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy in Manistee with 3,389 students.
Michigan has 3,399 public schools across 890 school districts, with a total enrollment of 1,387,222 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.