Pershing High School

Pershing High School is a senior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in DETROIT, Michigan, overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District, hosting 415 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 103 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District (48,448 students total), Pershing High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pershing High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Pershing High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Pershing High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that 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%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Pershing High School is one.

Legacy Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pershing High School's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 415). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Pershing High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.