University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School

University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School, a moderately sized four-year high school in DETROIT, Michigan, overseen by University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD), works with 452 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School is one of 3 schools operated by University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD), a district that enrolls 1,441 students overall.

Demographically, University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). 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 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.