High · Michigan

WAY Michigan

CharterAlternativeFully virtual

WAY Michigan, a public high school in Detroit, Michigan: grades 6–12, 156 students, 17.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of WAY Michigan.

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
156
Teachers (FTE)
9.1
Students per teacher
17.1
Grades
6–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of high schools in Michigan

Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared

More students per teacher than 68% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of high schools in Michigan

Median 322 · 916 schools compared

Smaller than 74% 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%

31%proficient

A lower share proficient than 77% of high schools in Michigan

Median 44% · 153 high schools compared

13 students tested, grades 7 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Michigan: 35%

31%proficient

A higher share proficient than 67% of high schools in Michigan

Median 26% · 153 high schools compared

13 students tested, grades 7 · 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
Charter school · Alternative
Instruction
Fully virtual
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with WAY Michigan.

Location

Address
407 E Fort St, Detroit, MI 48226
Phone
(734)494-2106
City or town
Detroit

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Cass Technical High SchoolFree meals for all
9–122,49324.0
9–1245222.6
9–1219114.7
Detroit Public Safety AcademyCharterFree meals for all
6–1215619.3
9–1241920.5
Detroit School of ArtsFree meals for all
9–1252314.7

Sources

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.

NCES 260107408589