Diploma and Careers Institute

As an average-sized secondary school in ROCHESTER HLS, Michigan, Diploma and Careers Institute hosts 475 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Avondale School District.

Avondale School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,798 students; Diploma and Careers Institute is among them.

Looking at the student body, Diploma and Careers Institute logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 150.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Diploma and Careers Institute is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Avondale Gifted and Talented Education, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.