High · Michigan
Detroit Lions Academy
Free meals for allDetroit Lions Academy, a public high school in Detroit, Michigan: grades 6–12, 400 students, 11.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 400
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 87% of high schools in Michigan
Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 69% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 58% of high schools in Michigan
Median 322 · 916 schools compared
Smaller than 51% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%9.7%proficient
−4.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of high schools in Michigan
Median 44% · 153 high schools compared
113 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Michigan: 35%7.2%proficient
+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of high schools in Michigan
Median 26% · 153 high schools compared
111 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Location
- Address
- 2001 W Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48208
- Phone
- (313)852-9677
- City or town
- Detroit
- County
- Wayne County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Covenant High School CentralCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 240 | 30.4 | — | — |
University Preparatory Academy PSAD High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 559 | 14.3 | — | — |
Detroit School of ArtsFree meals for all | 9–12 | 523 | 14.7 | — | — |
Northwestern High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 305 | 13.3 | — | — |
University Preparatory Art Design MiddleHighCharterFree meals for all | 6–12 | 855 | 23.1 | 28% | 5.0% |
Cass Technical High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,493 | 24.0 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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