Henry Ford High School

Henry Ford High School, a middle-of-the-pack high school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, enrolls 607 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 32% larger than typical.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Henry Ford High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Henry Ford High School lists that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Henry Ford High School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Henry Ford High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Henry Ford High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Southfield Regional Academic Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 33%: 456 students in 2018 compared to 607 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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