Dearborn High School

Summary:

Dearborn High School is a public high school in Dearborn, Michigan, serving 1,969 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Dearborn City School District, which is ranked 302 out of 610 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dearborn High School stands out for its consistently high graduation rates, ranging from 95.1% to 96.9% over the past five years, significantly higher than the state average. The school also maintains relatively low dropout rates, between 0.6% and 2.8%, outperforming many nearby schools like Robichaud Senior High School and Detroit Leadership Academy High School. However, Dearborn High School has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism, from 8.8% in 2017-2018 to 32.7% in 2021-2022, though it still performs better than some neighboring schools.

While Dearborn High School's test scores are generally on par with or slightly above the district and state averages, nearby schools like Henry Ford Early College, Henry Ford Early College Advanced Manufacturing, and Crestwood High School tend to outperform Dearborn High School in state rankings and test scores. Additionally, Dearborn High School has a significantly higher percentage of white students (over 93%) compared to the surrounding schools, which have more diverse student populations. This, along with the school's high percentage of students (over 60%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, suggests that addressing socioeconomic factors and improving resource utilization could be areas of focus for the school's administration and the Dearborn City School District.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 19501 Outer Dr
       Dearborn, MI  48124-1663


(313) 827-1600

District: Dearborn City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
304th of 743 Michigan High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,703 Help


Feeder schools for Dearborn High School:

Elementary:    Charles A Lindbergh Elementary School
    Haigh Elementary School
    Howard Elementary School
    Maples Elementary School
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Middle:    Bryant Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.6 Help
Number of students:  1,882

Racial breakdown:

White:
92.8%
African American:
3.6%
Hispanic:
2.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.2% Help


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Compare Details Dearborn High School ranks better than 59.1% of high schools in Michigan. It also ranks 3rd among 6 ranked high schools in the Dearborn City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.91. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Dearborn High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (92.8%), African American (3.6%), Hispanic (2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 66.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Dearborn City School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dearborn High School is 20.6. 3 high schools in the Dearborn City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Dearborn High School employs 91.3 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dearborn High School is $15,703. 5 high schools in the Dearborn City School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dearborn High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dearborn High School 304th of 743 Michigan public high schools. (See Dearborn High School in the ranking list.)

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Dearborn City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Dearborn City School District 302nd of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dearborn High School

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Rank History for all students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 72.52 213th 705 69.8%
2007 77.07 156th 767 79.7%
2008 73.19 224th 750 70.1%
2009 65.13 333rd 754 55.8%
2010 78.79 143rd 765 81.3%
2011 71.24 265th 784 66.2%
2012 70.86 227th 773 70.6%
2013 71.53 220th 805 72.7%
2014 70.43 219th 799 72.6%
2015 70.26 244th 832 70.7%
2016 59.51 331st 852 61.2%
2017 66.20 241st 835 71.1%
2018 75.35 178th 824 78.4%
2019 66.82 207th 666 68.9%
2021 56.00 210th 561 62.6%
2022 57.62 240th 531 54.8%
2023 39.95 429th 735 41.6%
2024 54.91 304th 743 59.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.32 45th 102 55.9%
2019 27.64 19th 27 29.6%
2021 32.91 4th 5 20.0%
2022 39.54 3rd 5 40.0%
2023 21.71 29th 35 17.1%
2024 36.98 22nd 43 48.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.54 131st 315 58.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.51 148th 755 80.4%
2019 65.50 143rd 532 73.1%
2021 52.18 189th 417 54.7%
2022 65.87 122nd 369 66.9%
2023 37.98 381st 614 37.9%
2024 56.95 246th 654 62.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.04 170th 710 76.1%
2019 70.17 139th 554 74.9%
2021 40.63 270th 462 41.6%
2022 51.10 218th 416 47.6%
2023 25.75 465th 611 23.9%
2024 57.60 239th 619 61.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.33 199th 707 71.9%
2019 52.67 253rd 543 53.4%
2021 58.61 159th 472 66.3%
2022 53.02 214th 440 51.4%
2023 43.76 347th 611 43.2%
2024 43.08 345th 633 45.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.45 54th 254 78.7%
2023 51.28 68th 170 60.0%
2024 82.46 24th 188 87.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.68 56th 201 72.1%
2024 67.95 58th 195 70.3%
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Rank History for White students at Dearborn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.08 198th 708 72.0%
2019 56.78 247th 582 57.6%
2021 50.00 229th 516 55.6%
2022 47.49 261st 492 47.0%
2023 29.20 462nd 647 28.6%
2024 43.30 354th 638 44.5%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Dearborn High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1014 2 8 10 2 n/a n/a -1 1035
1989 972 4 7 15 2 n/a n/a 0 1000
1990 948 4 11 21 0 n/a n/a 0 984
1991 984 4 9 16 2 n/a n/a 33 1048
1992 1040 5 15 25 3 n/a n/a 0 1088
1993 1095 2 8 26 3 n/a n/a 0 1134
1994 1130 7 4 29 2 n/a n/a 0 1172
1995 1186 4 14 23 1 n/a n/a 0 1228
1996 1186 4 14 23 1 n/a n/a 0 1228
1997 1213 9 18 26 3 n/a n/a -10 1259
1998 1269 8 19 28 11 n/a n/a 0 1335
1999 1297 6 19 30 2 n/a n/a 0 1354
2000 1352 11 19 36 1 n/a n/a 0 1419
2001 1368 18 21 23 14 n/a n/a 0 1444
2002 1519 30 17 17 11 n/a n/a 0 1594
2003 1519 30 17 17 11 n/a n/a 0 1594
2004 1569 36 14 19 6 n/a n/a 0 1644
2005 1573 45 17 36 2 n/a n/a 0 1673
2006 1554 77 18 44 1 n/a n/a 0 1694
2007 1556 100 19 50 2 n/a n/a 0 1727
2008 1499 117 16 53 3 n/a n/a 0 1688
2009 1528 134 16 54 4 n/a n/a 2 1738
2010 1548 122 15 53 4 n/a n/a 0 1742
2011 1533 128 17 51 1 1 5 0 1736
2012 1551 127 21 51 3 1 4 0 1758
2013 1610 127 17 58 6 1 7 0 1826
2014 1615 131 15 59 5 2 3 0 1830
2015 1683 115 14 54 5 2 4 0 1877
2016 1791 115 13 50 2 2 4 0 1977
2017 1912 83 13 43 1 2 2 0 2056
2018 1948 71 18 39 0 1 3 0 2080
2019 1996 65 16 37 0 0 1 0 2115
2020 1958 49 16 32 1 0 0 0 2056
2021 1915 52 21 32 2 2 1 0 2025
2022 1864 61 24 41 1 2 2 0 1995
2023 1832 62 27 44 1 2 1 0 1969
2024 1747 68 23 37 1 2 4 0 1882

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dearborn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1035 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1000 n/a n/a 0.3
1990 984 75.0 13.1 0.8
1991 1048 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1088 n/a n/a 2.8
1993 1134 n/a 0.0 6.5
1994 1172 72.0 16.3 8.4
1995 1228 69.2 17.7 10.4
1996 1228 69.2 17.7 10.4
1997 1259 71.0 17.7 10.6
1998 1335 70.0 19.1 9.2
1999 1354 72.0 18.8 11.5
2000 1419 73.4 19.3 7.3
2001 1444 81.6 17.7 7.8
2002 1594 80.2 19.9 9.5
2003 1594 80.2 19.9 9.5
2004 1644 76.6 21.5 14.9
2005 1673 84.7 19.8 19.2
2006 1694 83.8 20.2 21.3
2007 1727 77.3 22.3 27.9
2008 1688 86.8 19.4 32.5
2009 1738 77.3 22.5 36.7
2010 1742 74.8 23.2 36.4
2011 1736 82.3 21.0 41.1
2012 1758 83.3 21.1 44.6
2013 1826 89.4 20.4 43.5
2014 1830 90.1 20.2 45.8
2015 1877 92.0 20.4 47.7
2016 1977 92.0 21.4 47.7
2017 2056 93.4 22.0 48.6
2018 2080 97.3 21.3 61.7
2019 2115 98.0 21.5 59.3
2020 2056 105.4 19.5 59
2021 2025 97.4 20.7 58.8
2022 1995 96.9 20.5 65.7
2023 1969 95.1 20.7 63
2024 1882 91.3 20.6 66.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dearborn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1035 n/a n/a n/a
1989 1000 n/a n/a 0.3
1990 984 75.0 13.1 0.8
1991 1048 n/a n/a n/a
1992 1088 n/a n/a 2.8
1993 1134 n/a 0.0 6.5
1994 1172 72.0 16.3 8.4
1995 1228 69.2 17.7 10.4
1996 1228 69.2 17.7 10.4
1997 1259 71.0 17.7 10.6
1998 1335 70.0 19.1 9.2
1999 1354 72.0 18.8 11.5
2000 1419 73.4 19.3 7.3
2001 1444 81.6 17.7 7.8
2002 1594 80.2 19.9 9.5
2003 1594 80.2 19.9 9.5
2004 1644 76.6 21.5 14.9
2005 1673 84.7 19.8 19.2
2006 1694 83.8 20.2 21.3
2007 1727 77.3 22.3 27.9
2008 1688 86.8 19.4 32.5
2009 1738 77.3 22.5 36.7
2010 1742 74.8 23.2 36.4
2011 1736 82.3 21.0 41.1
2012 1758 83.3 21.1 44.6
2013 1826 89.4 20.4 43.5
2014 1830 90.1 20.2 45.8
2015 1877 92.0 20.4 47.7
2016 1977 92.0 21.4 47.7
2017 2056 93.4 22.0 48.6
2018 2080 97.3 21.3 61.7
2019 2115 98.0 21.5 59.3
2020 2056 105.4 19.5 59
2021 2025 97.4 20.7 58.8
2022 1995 96.9 20.5 65.7
2023 1969 95.1 20.7 63
2024 1882 91.3 20.6 66.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Dearborn High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $934 (8.6%) $9,881 (91.4%) $10,815
2020 $1,010 (9.4%) $9,774 (90.6%) $10,784
2021 $1,657 (14.2%) $10,049 (85.8%) $11,706
2022 $2,516 (18.6%) $11,040 (81.4%) $13,557
2023 $2,326 (14.8%) $13,377 (85.2%) $15,703

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dearborn High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 207th of 666 High schoolsRanks 429th of 735 High schools
 27.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Social Studies (Dearborn High School)51.831.4
 20.4%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Dearborn City School District)43.525.9
 17.6%
   11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)46.636.1
 10.5%
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Dearborn High School)61.647.5
 14.1%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Dearborn City School District)48.843.1
 5.7%
   11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan)55.352.2
 3.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Dearborn High School)4024.7
 15.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Dearborn City School District)34.321.9
 12.4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)36.329.9
 6.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21151969
 6.9%
African American6562
 4.6%
American Indian01
Asian1627
 68.8%
Hispanic3744
 18.9%
Pacific Islander02
White19961832
 8.2%
Two or More Races11
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients59.3%63%
 3.7%


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Dearborn High School ranks 304th of 743 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,882 students attended Dearborn High School.

Students at Dearborn High School are 93% White, 4% African American, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian.


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