Grosse Pointe North High School

Grosse Pointe North High School is one of the sizable high schools in GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Michigan, part of Grosse Pointe Public Schools, with 924 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Grosse Pointe North High School sits 101% above that benchmark.

Within Grosse Pointe Public Schools, which oversees 12 schools and 6,326 students, Grosse Pointe North High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Grosse Pointe North High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Grosse Pointe North High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ferry Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Grosse Pointe North High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 1,364 students in 2018 compared to 924 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 64% to 58%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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