Fordson High School

Set in DEARBORN, Michigan, Fordson High School is a substantial high school, operated by Dearborn City School District. It hosts 1,966 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Fordson High School sits 327% larger than that benchmark.

Within Dearborn City School District, which oversees 37 schools and 19,197 students, Fordson High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Fordson High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) reports that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Fordson High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Academy for Business and Technology Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fordson High School.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fordson High School has ticked down 30%, going from 2,790 students in 2018 to 1,966 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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