River Rouge High School

This page covers River Rouge High School, a large high school in RIVER ROUGE, Michigan. The school's 987 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Michigan average about 460 students each.

River Rouge High School is one school in a 5-school district, River Rouge School District of the City of, which enrolls 3,084 students.

River Rouge High School enrolls a student body that is 87% Black. It is also 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 37% Black. By the diversity index, River Rouge High School comes in at 23%.

The school reports 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.7 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in Michigan average 21.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 77% of students. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is 66%.

In the county around the school, Wayne County, median household income is about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. River Rouge High School is among the 573 public schools in Wayne County.

Of nearby public schools, River Rouge Alternative Virtual Academy is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The NCES locale for River Rouge High School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 1,039 to 987. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.3:1 to 23.7:1 over the same years.

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