Harper Woods High School

Harper Woods High School runs as a large high school in HARPER WOODS, Michigan. Its enrollment is 877 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in Michigan average about 460 students, which makes this school 91% bigger than average.

Harper Woods The School District of the City of counts 3,041 students in its 6 schools, and Harper Woods High School is one of them.

Roughly 97% of students at Harper Woods High School are Black. Among people living in Wayne County, the Black share is about 37%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Harper Woods High School scores 5%.

Harper Woods High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Michigan is 21.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 82% at Harper Woods High School. It compares with 66% for public schools in Wayne County.

For Wayne County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county has 573 public schools and about 259,786 students.

Chandler Park Academy High School is about 0.3 miles from Harper Woods High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Harper Woods High School holds at least 8 other public schools.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment went from 885 in 2020-21 to 877 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 22.1:1 to 25.1:1.

Harper Woods High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.