Western International High School

Western International High School is one of the substantial high schools in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District, with 1,959 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Western International High School sits 326% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Detroit Public Schools Community District, which oversees 103 schools and 48,448 students, Western International High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Western International High School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Western International High School shows 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Western International High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Maybury Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Western International High School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,985 students in 2018 compared to 1,959 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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