Westfield Preparatory High School

Westfield Preparatory High School is a sprawling secondary school in REDFORD, Michigan, run under Westfield Charter Academy. The school enrolls 834 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 460.

Across the 2 schools in Westfield Charter Academy (1,564 students total), Westfield Preparatory High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westfield Preparatory High School records that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Westfield Preparatory High School logs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Westfield Preparatory High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% 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 north of typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Westfield Preparatory High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is WashingtonParks Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Westfield Preparatory High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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