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Grosse Pointe South High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
11 Grosse Pointe Blvd
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
Phone
(313) 432-3500
District
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
County
WAYNE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1238
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.7% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Grosse Pointe South High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
73%
41%
84%
52%
62%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
15
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 284 22.9%
Grade 10 296 23.9%
Grade 11 313 25.3%
Grade 12 332 26.8%
Total 1238 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.0% 78.3% 67.0%
Black 5.4% 15.5% 19.1%
Hispanic 4.8% 4.1% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 1.7% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 13.7% 21.3% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 12.3% 19.3% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.5% 2.1% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 52,306 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,738.6 177
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.4% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.1% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.6% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,727 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 66.2% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 42.4% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.2% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.7% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.0% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.2% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,927 $71,202,000 48.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,316 $8,575,000 5.8%
Staff $735 $4,789,000 3.2%
General Administration $178 $1,160,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,034 $6,737,000 4.6%
Operation $2,128 $13,868,000 9.4%
Transportation $164 $1,066,000 0.7%
Other $777 $5,061,000 3.4%
Total Support $6,331 $41,256,000 28.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,393 $35,144,000 23.8%
Total Expenditures $22,652 $147,602,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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