Edsel Ford High School

Edsel Ford High School is classified as a high school. It is located in DEARBORN, Michigan. Enrollment is 1,502 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 460-student average for high schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 227% higher.

Dearborn City School District runs 37 schools with a combined 19,197 students. Edsel Ford High School is one of them.

The student body at Edsel Ford High School is 88% White. Enrollment also includes 6% Black and 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Wayne County, the White share is about 49%. Edsel Ford High School's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.

Federal staffing data show 88.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Edsel Ford High School and a ratio of 17.0:1. This ratio sits 4.6 below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 70% of students.

According to the American Community Survey, in Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. There are 573 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 259,786 students in all.

Of nearby public schools, Snow Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Edsel Ford High School.

The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).

Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Edsel Ford High School had 1,583 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,502. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.6:1 to 17.0:1 over the same years.

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