Mumford High School

Located at 17525 WYOMING ST, in DETROIT, Michigan, Mumford High School is a large high school that teaches 850 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Mumford High School sits 85% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Detroit Public Schools Community District, which oversees 103 schools and 48,448 students, Mumford High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mumford High School logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mumford High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 944 students in 2018 compared to 850 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.