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Black student results in Detroit Public Schools Community District

Across 68 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District, 18.3% of Black students meet proficient. That is 6.3 points below the Michigan average for Black students.

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17.8%
All students
18.3%
Black
21.9%
Hispanic
28.8%
White
32.2%
Asian

Average across the 68 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 67 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Bates Academy reports 64.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Ronald Brown Academy, in the same district, reports 6.6%. That is a 57.9-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Detroit Public Schools Community District

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Bates Academy 64.5% 64.5%
Clippert Academy 31.3% 48.4% 31.7%
The School at Marygrove 48.1% 48.1%
Edmonson Montessori 53.2% 45.5%
Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies 45.5% 44.9%
Chrysler Elementary School 46.3% 42.6%
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School 41.9% 41.9%
DPSCD Virtual School Virtual 28.5% 32.2%
Blackwell Institute 32.7% 31%
Munger Elementary-Middle School 22.9% 29.8% 22.4%
J. E. Clark Preparatory Academy 25.9% 26.6%
Golightly Education Center 25.8% 25.8%
Priest Elementary-Middle School 12.2% 25% 24.4% 20.6%
Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy 21.1% 21.5%
Gardner Elementary School 12% 20.8% 15.8%
Edison Elementary School 21.9% 19.7%
Spain Elementary-Middle School 19.8% 19.2%
Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology 18.7% 19.1%
Burton International Academy 19% 18.9%
Greenfield Union Elementary-Middle School 16.7% 18.9%
Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science 17.9% 17.9%
Barton Elementary School 17.4% 17.6%
Dossin Elementary-Middle School 17.4% 17.6%
Nichols Elementary-Middle School 16.8% 17.3%
Davison Elementary-Middle School 23.5% 17% 32.2%
Sampson-Webber Leadership Academy 15.2% 16.6%
Bow Elementary-Middle School 16.5% 16.4%
Cooke STEM Academy 16.7% 16.4%
Mark Twain Elementary-Middle School 17.2% 16.4%
Hutchinson Elementary-Middle School 15.8% 16.2%
Palmer Park Preparatory Academy 19.7% 16.1%
Bunche Preparatory Academy 15.6% 16%
Pasteur Elementary School 15.3% 15.5%
Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School 14.8% 14.9%
Mann Learning Community 13.7% 14.4%
Vernor Elementary School 14.3% 14.3%
Garvey Academy 13.8% 14%
Carstens Elementary-Middle School 13.5% 13.8%
A.L. Holmes Academy of Blended Learning 13.3% 13.6%
Pulaski Elementary-Middle School 13.9% 13.4%
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School 13% 13.1%
Earhart Elementary-Middle School 9.5% 12.9% 8.9% 50%
John R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy 13.9% 12.7%
Nolan Elementary-Middle School Magnet 11.2% 12.5%
Noble Elementary-Middle School 11.7% 12%
Marion Law Academy 12.4% 11.9%
Thirkell Elementary-Middle School 10.9% 11.9%
Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts 11.8% 11.8%
Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts 11.7% 11.6%
Edward "Duke" Ellington at Beckham 11.1% 11.3%
Carver STEM Academy 9.9% 10.7%
Mackenzie Elementary-Middle School 10.6% 10.6%
Hamilton Academy 10.4% 10.5%
Burns Elementary-Middle School 10.3% 10.3%
Detroit Lions Academy 11.1% 10%
Brewer Academy 10.4% 9.9%
Durfee Elementary-Middle School 10.1% 9.9%
Carleton Elementary School 9.6% 9.6%
Gompers Elementary-Middle School 9.1% 9.4%
Emerson Elementary-Middle School 9.3% 9.2%
Dixon Elementary School 9.1% 9.1%
Marquette Elementary-Middle School 9.1% 9.1%
Henderson Academy 8.2% 8.6%
Wayne Elementary School 8.3% 8.6%
Mason Academy 8.8% 8.5%
Fisher Magnet Academy 7.7% 8.1%
Coleman A. Young Elementary School 7.1% 7.1%
Ronald Brown Academy 6.4% 6.6%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Michigan suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 754 of Michigan's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Michigan figures should not be compared against another state's.

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