Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly

Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly, a micro-enrollment secondary school in DETROIT, Michigan, overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District, serves 96 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly is among them.

Demographically, Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Capstone Academy Charter SchoolRiverbend, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Davis Aerospace Technical High School at Golightly has edged down 35%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 96 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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