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Wayne County schools

Wayne County has 621 schools in 42 of its 42 cities, townships and villages: 405 public, 146 charter, and 70 private. That is 43% of the 1,445 schools across the six counties. Detroit has the most, 204.

Schools
621
Students
271,131
Federal counts
Students per teacher
17.3
Public and charter
Four-year graduation
83.1%
Class of 2025
Wayne County's line from the Census, with its 621 schools pinned by kind.
  • Public
  • Charter
  • Private

From the federal and state files

What the numbers say about Wayne County

Across its public and charter schools there are 17.3 students for every full-time teacher, against 17.1 across the six counties.

83.1% of the class of 2025 here (a cohort of 20,799 students) graduated in four years, about the same as 84.0% for Michigan as a whole. Grosse Ile High School posted the highest rate, 100.0%.

66% of public school students qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, compared with 51% across the six counties.

401 schools run a federal Title I program for students from lower-income families (2021-22, the last year NCES reported it).

53 schools are magnet schools, open to students from outside their attendance area.

The newest, by the state's register, is Ivywood Classical Academy-Ridge Rd. Site, opened in July 2024.

70 private schools teach 12,259 students; the most common orientation is Roman Catholic (25).

All the numbers

401 schools run a federal Title I program for students from lower-income families (2021-22, the last year NCES reported it).

53 schools are magnet schools, open to students from outside their attendance area.

The newest, by the state's register, is Ivywood Classical Academy-Ridge Rd. Site, opened in July 2024.

70 private schools teach 12,259 students; the most common orientation is Roman Catholic (25).

Town by town

Schools in every town in Wayne County

Town Schools Students District covering most of it
Detroit 204 84,572 Detroit Public Schools Community District
Dearborn 47 24,459 Dearborn City School District
Livonia 35 14,811 Livonia Public Schools
Canton 25 17,074 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Dearborn Heights 25 10,708 Crestwood School District
Redford 25 8,529 Redford Union School District
Westland 19 8,395 Wayne-Westland Community School District
Taylor 17 7,731 Taylor School District
Hamtramck 15 6,391 Hamtramck Public Schools
Southgate 13 5,040 Southgate Community School District
Lincoln Park 11 4,833 Lincoln Park Public Schools
Allen Park 11 5,908 Allen Park Public Schools
Plymouth Township 11 4,611 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Harper Woods 11 5,663 Harper Woods City Schools
Inkster 10 1,867 Westwood Community Schools
Huron Township 10 4,282 Huron School District
Northville Township 9 5,216 Northville Public Schools
Garden City 9 3,641 Garden City School District
Romulus 9 2,479 Romulus Community Schools
Wyandotte 9 4,149 Wyandotte City School District
Riverview 8 2,743 Riverview Community School District
Flat Rock 8 1,754 Flat Rock Community Schools
Brownstown Township 7 3,772 Woodhaven-Brownstown School District
Wayne 6 2,880 Wayne-Westland Community School District
Grosse Pointe Woods 6 2,858 Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Grosse Pointe Farms 6 2,950 Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Ecorse 6 1,150 Ecorse Public School District
Trenton 5 2,767 Trenton Public Schools
Woodhaven 5 2,227 Woodhaven-Brownstown School District
River Rouge 5 3,084 River Rouge School District
Van Buren Township 4 1,331 Van Buren Public Schools
Grosse Ile Township 4 1,493 Grosse Ile Township Schools
Plymouth 4 1,478 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Highland Park 4 827
Gibraltar 4 2,478 Gibraltar School District
Belleville 4 2,602 Van Buren Public Schools
Melvindale 3 1,796 Melvindale-North Allen Park School District
Grosse Pointe Park 3 1,125 Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Sumpter Township 1 721 Van Buren Public Schools
Northville 1 50 Northville Public Schools
Grosse Pointe 1 252 Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Rockwood 1 434 Gibraltar School District

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School districts in Wayne County

Every district in the six counties

Every school in Wayne County

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621 schools in 142 areas

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Schools in Wayne County, asked and answered

4 questions

How many schools are in Wayne County?
621 schools in the 2024-25 federal and 2023-24 private school files: 405 public, 146 charter, and 70 private.
What is the largest school district in Wayne County?
Detroit Public Schools Community District, with 48,828 students in the 2024-25 federal count and a 83.2% four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025.
What is the graduation rate in Wayne County?
83.1% of the class of 2025 at the county's high schools graduated in four years, by the state's cohort count; Michigan's rate was 84.0%.
How many charter schools are in Wayne County?
146 charter schools, 26% of the county's public schools. Charter schools are public and charge no tuition.

Sources

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