Jerry L White Center

Jerry L White Center is a tiny four-year high school in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school educates 120 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 460.

Jerry L White Center is one of 103 schools operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, a district that serves 48,448 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Jerry L White Center reports that Black students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 11% White, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Jerry L White Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household income runs about $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%. Jerry L White Center is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Renaissance High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jerry L White Center.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jerry L White Center's enrollment has ticked down 41% since 2018, when it stood at 205 (now 120). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 79% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Jerry L White Center typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.