Detroit Public Safety Academy

Detroit Public Safety Academy is a public high school in DETROIT, Michigan. The school teaches grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 156 students. That puts enrollment 66% below the 460-student average for high schools in Michigan.

Detroit Public Safety Academy operates as its own local education agency.

Of every 100 students at Detroit Public Safety Academy, about 99 are Black. That is higher than the 37% Black share among all Wayne County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 1%.

Classroom staffing at Detroit Public Safety Academy totals 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. The average for high schools in Michigan, 21.6:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Detroit Public Safety Academy is about 83%. Across public schools in Wayne County, the average is 66%.

American Community Survey estimates for Wayne County show that the median household earns about $60,539 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Across Wayne County, 573 public schools serve about 259,786 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Escuela Avancemos, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Detroit Public Safety Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 40 students, from 196 to 156. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.3:1.

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