Salem High School

Salem High School is a large high school serving families in CANTON, Michigan. It offers grades 6 through 12 and has 1,871 students enrolled. It has 307% more students than the average for high schools in Michigan (about 460).

Salem High School is in Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, a district with 15,978 students across 25 schools.

At Salem High School, 59% of students are White. It is also 20% Asian, 11% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 49% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Salem High School scores 60%.

With 93.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.1:1. High schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 21.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Salem High School, 19% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Wayne County average 66%.

In Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 573 public schools with about 259,786 students, including Salem High School.

Salem High School's closest public school neighbor is Plymouth High School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Salem High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,871, down from 2,048 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 23.3 to 20.1 over 4 years.

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