Diploma and Careers Institute

A mid-sized high school in ROCHESTER HLS, Michigan, Diploma and Careers Institute is part of Avondale School District. Federal data show 475 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.

Avondale School District operates 9 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,798 students.

More than half of the students at Diploma and Careers Institute are White (54%). The remaining students are 35% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Census figures show Oakland County is about 69% White. The diversity index for Diploma and Careers Institute is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 150.8:1. The gap from the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan is 129.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 32% average for public schools in Oakland County is 33 points lower.

For Oakland County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 345 public schools and about 169,926 students.

Avondale Gifted and Talented Education is less than a tenth of a mile from Diploma and Careers Institute, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Diploma and Careers Institute is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. Diploma and Careers Institute carries a virtual school designation in NCES data.

The school's student count rose 23% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 96.8:1 to 150.8:1.

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