Detroit Public Safety Academy

Set in DETROIT, Michigan, Detroit Public Safety Academy is a minimally staffed four-year high school, overseen by Detroit Public Safety Academy. It educates 156 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 460.

Detroit Public Safety Academy sits inside Detroit Public Safety Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Detroit Public Safety Academy shows that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Detroit Public Safety Academy shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Detroit Public Safety Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Escuela Avancemos is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Detroit Public Safety Academy.

Detroit Public Safety Academy operates from a high-density location. Detroit Public Safety Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Detroit Public Safety Academy's enrollment has shrank 54% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 156). Class-load math has narrowed: from 48.0:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.