Covenant High School Central

Covenant High School Central operates as a compact high school in DETROIT, Michigan, part of Covenant Schools Detroit. Current enrollment sits at 240 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 460.

Within Covenant Schools Detroit, which oversees 4 schools and 668 students, Covenant High School Central is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Covenant High School Central shows that nearly all students (96%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Covenant High School Central has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 30.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Covenant High School Central higher than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Covenant High School Central is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Burton International Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Covenant High School Central.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Covenant High School Central operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Covenant High School Central has ticked up 49%, going from 161 students in 2018 to 240 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 30.4:1 in 2025.

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