Ecorse Community High School

Ecorse Community High School, a compact high school in ECORSE, Michigan, part of Ecorse Public Schools, instructs 340 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Ecorse Community High School sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Ecorse Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,150 students; Ecorse Community High School is among them.

Demographically, Ecorse Community High School records that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic, 8% White. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Ecorse Community High School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Ecorse Community High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Ecorse Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Downriver Digital Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.