Trenton High School

Trenton High School is a high-enrollment secondary school in TRENTON, Michigan, part of Trenton Public Schools. The school hosts 846 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 84% above the state mean of about 460.

Within Trenton Public Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 2,582 students, Trenton High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trenton High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Trenton High School reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Around the school, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Trenton High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jesse L Anderson Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Trenton High School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 918 (now 846). White enrollment moved from 89% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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