Detroit Leadership Academy High School

Detroit Leadership Academy High School, a tight-knit four-year high school in DETROIT, Michigan, run under Detroit Leadership Academy, caters to 271 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Detroit Leadership Academy runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 757 students. Detroit Leadership Academy High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Detroit Leadership Academy High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Detroit Leadership Academy High School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Detroit Leadership Academy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at Detroit Leadership Academy High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Detroit Leadership Academy High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is The Dearborn Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Detroit Leadership Academy High School operates from an urban location. As a public charter, Detroit Leadership Academy High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Detroit Leadership Academy High School has fell 32%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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