Garden City High School

Located at 6500 MIDDLEBELT RD, in GARDEN CITY, Michigan, Garden City High School is an expansive senior high that instructs 896 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Garden City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 95% larger than the state mean of about 460.

Garden City Public Schools runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,193 students. Garden City High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Garden City High School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 13% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Garden City High School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Garden City High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Garden City High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

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

The closest other public school is Cambridge Alternative High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garden City High School has shrank 18%, going from 1,091 students in 2018 to 896 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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