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Charter · Grades 6–12 · 76 students
Detroit Community Schools High School
12675 Burt Rd, Detroit, MI 48223
Grades
9–12
High
Students
299
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Detroit Community Schools
Wayne County
Schola Grade F · Far below average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 592 Michigan high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Michigan high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Detroit Community Schools High School
Detroit Community Schools High School is a charter high school in Detroit, Michigan, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Detroit Community Schools. The school is located in a large city in Wayne County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 299 students were enrolled, with about 14.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Michigan high school (17.9 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Bay Mills Community College. Its Schola Grade is F (far below average), compared with 592 Michigan high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 299 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.8 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Bay Mills Community College
- Magnet school
- Yes
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Detroit Community Schools
- County
- Wayne County
- NCES school ID
- 260017001039
Schools near Detroit Community Schools High School
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.