Taylor High School

This page covers Taylor High School, a large high school in TAYLOR, Michigan. It serves 1,371 students in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in Michigan is roughly 460 students; this school is 198% above that.

The district, Taylor School District, operates 12 schools serving 5,572 students.

White students form the largest group at Taylor High School, 48% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 31% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The White share in Wayne County as a whole is similar, at about 49%. By the diversity index, Taylor High School comes in at 65%.

The school employs the equivalent of 74 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.5:1. Among high schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 21.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is about the same, 66%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Wayne County, median household income is about $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Taylor High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County, which together enroll about 259,786 students.

The nearest public school is Taylor Virtual Learning Academy, at less than a tenth of a mile. Taylor High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts put enrollment at 1,494 in 2020-21 and 1,371 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.0:1 to 18.5:1.

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