Horizon High School

Horizon High School operates as a minimally staffed senior high in HAMTRAMCK, Michigan, run under Hamtramck School District of the City of. Current enrollment sits at 125 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 73% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Hamtramck School District of the City of runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,874 students. Horizon High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Horizon High School reports that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 32% Asian, 27% White, 2% multiracial. Compared to Wayne County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Horizon High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 76% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Horizon High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hamtramck High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Horizon High School's enrollment has decreased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 125). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 51% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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