Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men

Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men is a high school of micro-enrollment scale in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District, teacheing 68 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 85% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men is among them.

On demographics, Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men is one.

DPSCD Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 53%: 146 students in 2018 compared to 68 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.