Western High School

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

located east of

Parma, Michigan Parma is a village in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 769 at the 2010 census. The village is divided into three sections with boundaries in Parma Township and Sandstone Charter Township. History Parma was o ...

, United States. It has classes for grades 9 through 12. Western is located on Dearing Rd, just inside the border of

Spring Arbor Township Spring Arbor Township is a civil township of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,267 at the 2010 census, up from 7,577 at the 2000 census. Communities * Spring Arbor is an unincorporated community and census-desi ...

. Jared Vickers is the principal. The school serves the northern half of Spring Arbor Township, a college community, and Parma, a mostly rural farming community. Other communities served are Woodville and Westwood, both of which are in Blackman, plus much of

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, most of the area around Minard Mills, which is located in the southern portion of Tompkins, and the northeast portion of Concord Township.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 882 students enrolled for the 2020–2021 school year was: *Male - 47.7% *Female - 52.3% *Native American/Alaskan - 0.5% *Asian/Pacific islander - 0.9% *Black - 2.5% *Hispanic - 3.6% *White - 88.3% *Multiracial - 4.2% In addition, 25.1% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunches.

References

{{authority control Public high schools in Michigan Schools in Jackson County, Michigan Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in Michigan