Detroit School of Arts

Detroit School of Arts operates as a mid-tier secondary school in DETROIT, Michigan, run under Detroit Public Schools Community District. Current enrollment sits at 523 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Detroit School of Arts is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Detroit School of Arts records that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Detroit School of Arts tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Detroit School of Arts is one.

Spain ElementaryMiddle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Detroit School of Arts's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 523). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 97% to 93%.

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