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LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus
About LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus
Located at 13436 GROVE ST, in DETROIT, Michigan, LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus is a middle-of-the-pack secondary school that serves 660 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 43% above typical.
Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,609 students; LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus lists that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 34.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus is one campus in the mix.
AdamsYoung Building is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, LincolnKing AdamsYoung Grove Campus runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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