Cesar Chavez Academy High School

At 1761 WATERMAN ST in DETROIT, Michigan, Cesar Chavez Academy High School operates as a large high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 730 students. That is 59% above the average of about 460 students for high schools in Michigan.

Cesar Chavez Academy enrolls 2,294 students in 4 schools, including Cesar Chavez Academy High School.

Hispanic students are 96% of those enrolled at Cesar Chavez Academy High School. That compares with about 7% Hispanic among all Wayne County residents. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Cesar Chavez Academy High School are from different groups.

The school has 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.8 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Michigan is 21.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 66% for public schools in Wayne County.

In Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across Wayne County, 573 public schools serve about 259,786 students.

Of the public schools around it, Cesar Chavez Academy High School is closest to Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal data place Cesar Chavez Academy High School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

In 2020-21, Cesar Chavez Academy High School enrolled 714; in 2024-25, 730.

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