Hamtramck School District of the City of operates 8 public schools serving 3,062 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Wayne County.
The funding mix is 16.3% local, 63.4% state, and 20.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 289:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 57.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.5% White, 29.1% Asian, 13.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Horizon High School, with a diversity index of 67.6/100.
Its largest campus is Hamtramck High School, enrolling 926 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Horizon High School, at 125 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hamtramck High School accounts for 30.2% of all Hamtramck School District of the City of student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hamtramck School District of the City of-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Hamtramck School District of the City of school enrollment varies 7.4× across entities
Hamtramck School District of the City of school enrollment ranges from 125 students (lowest) to 926 students (highest), a spread of 801 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Hamtramck School District of the City of reports 84.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Hamtramck School District of the City of student-counselor ratio is 289:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Hamtramck School District of the City of is typically wider than the Hamtramck School District of the City of-aggregate figure suggests.
Hamtramck School District of the City of chronic absenteeism rate is 57.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Hamtramck School District of the City of's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Hamtramck School District of the City of?
Hamtramck School District of the City of has 8 schools, including 2 high, 4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,062 students.
What is the demographic composition of Hamtramck School District of the City of?
Hamtramck School District of the City of students are 56.5% White, 29.1% Asian, 13.1% African American, 0.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.