Photo: Ajay Suresh · CC BY 4.0Sterling Heights’s public schools outscore 76% of Michigan districts
The four-year graduation rate in Sterling Heights’s district is 94%, above the Michigan average (82%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Sterling Heights, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Michigan, not nationally.
From Michigan state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Sterling Heights’s schools, in brief
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 51% and math 37% across both districts in spring 2022, against 45% and 34% statewide; 94% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 82%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Utica spends $15,140 per student and Warren Consolidated Schools $17,917, against $16,528 across Michigan (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Choice beyond the district
Huron Academy Grades K2, Noor International Academy and New Dawn Academy of Warren are in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Sterling Heights’s grade
A−: better than 76% of Michigan school districts, #254 of 699 Michigan towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Michigan average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Sterling Heights, with each school’s own grade.
10th grade in Sterling Heights · depends on your address
Adlai Stevenson High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,881 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Henry Ford II High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Sterling Heights Senior HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,262 students · 19:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Sterling Heights · depends on your address
Adlai Stevenson High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,881 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Henry Ford II High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Sterling Heights Senior HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,262 students · 19:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Sterling Heights · depends on your address
Adlai Stevenson High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,881 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Henry Ford II High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,663 students · 20:1 students per teacher
Sterling Heights Senior HS
Grades 9–12 · 1,262 students · 19:1 students per teacher
Sterling Heights runs its own schools through grade 12 (Utica Community Schools). From grade PK, students attend the Warren Consolidated Schools, shared with Warren. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Sterling Heights
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Sterling Heights vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Michigan towns that share Sterling Heights’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling Heights | A− | Utica PK–12 · Warren Consolidated Schools PK–12 |
| Utica | A− | Utica |
| Shelby | A− | Utica |
| Troy | A+ | Troy |
| Warren | B | Warren Consolidated Schools |
| Clinton | A− | Chippewa Valley Schools |
2 of the 5 neighbors share Utica with Sterling Heights for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Sterling Heights
33 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Michigan’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Joan C Sergent Instructional Resource Center and Career Preparation Center).
Questions about Sterling Heights’s schools
Are Sterling Heights’s schools good?
By Michigan’s own tests, yes: the public schools Sterling Heights children attend outscore 76% of Michigan’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #254 of 699 Michigan towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 76%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Sterling Heights in?
Two districts: Utica Community Schools runs grades PK–12, and Warren Consolidated Schools runs grades PK–12, shared with Warren.
Where do Sterling Heights kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Adlai Stevenson High School, Henry Ford II High School and Sterling Heights Senior HS.
What is Sterling Heights’s graduation rate?
94% of the class of 2023 in Utica Community Schools graduated in four years, against 82% across Michigan.
How much does Sterling Heights spend per student?
$15,140 in Utica Community Schools and $17,917 in Warren Consolidated Schools (FY2024), against $16,528 across Michigan. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Sterling Heights families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Sterling Heights → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Michigan. Stars are from neighbors.