John Glenn High School

John Glenn High School is one of the high-enrollment 9-12 campuss in WESTLAND, Michigan, one of the schools within Wayne-Westland Community School District, with 1,368 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 197% bigger than the state mean of about 460.

John Glenn High School is one of 15 schools operated by Wayne-Westland Community School District, a district that caters to 8,980 students overall.

Looking at the student body, John Glenn High School shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 41% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, John Glenn High School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. The state averages about 21.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 50% of students at John Glenn High School qualify 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 below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), John Glenn High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wildwood Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Glenn High School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Glenn High School has decreased 19%, going from 1,694 students in 2018 to 1,368 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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