Detroit Lions Academy

Detroit Lions Academy is a junior high of mid-sized scale in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District, teacheing students from the surrounding community in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 103 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District (48,448 students total), Detroit Lions Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at school resources, The student-to-teacher ratio at Detroit Lions Academy lists approximately 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Detroit Lions Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Barack Obama Leadership Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Detroit Lions Academy.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.