List of Detroit Public Schools explained

This is a list of schools operated by Detroit Public Schools

Schools

Pre-Kindergarten through 12 schools

• Academy of the Americas (will eventually go to grade 12)
• Detroit International Academy for Young Women

Kindergarten and 7–12 schools

• Boykin Continuing Education Center (optional)

7–12 schools

(Alternative)

• Douglass Academy for Young Men

High schools

Zoned high schools

• Central High School
• Frank Cody High School
• Denby Technical & Preparatory High School
• East English Village Preparatory Academy
• Ford High School
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School (formerly Eastern High School)
• Mumford High School
• Northwestern High School (Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School at Northwestern)
• Pershing High School
• Southeastern High School
• Western International High School

Optional high schools

• Cass Technical High School
  • • Communication & Media Arts High School Crocket Midtown High School of Science & Medicine Crosman Alternative High School
• Davis Aerospace High School
• Detroit City High School
• Detroit High School for Technology (Pershing Tech)
• Detroit School of Arts
• Millennium School
• Osborn High School
  • Renaissance High School West Side Academy Alternative Education

PreK-8 schools

Zoned PreK-8 schools

• Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School
• Bates Academy
• Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary/Middle School
• Blackwell Institute
• Bow Elementary/Middle School
• Mary McLeod Bethune Elemenetary/Middle School
• Beulah Brewer Academy
• Ronald Brown Academy (formerly Stellwagen Elementary School)
• Ralph J. Bunche Preparatory Academy (formerly Smith Elementary School)
• Burns Elementary School
• Burton International School
• Cartsens Elementary/Middle School
• Carver Elementary School
• Clark J.E. Preparatory Academy
• Davison Elementary School
  • The school is located in two buildings, around 100 years old, in proximity to Highland Park and Hamtramck.
• Dixon Educational Learning Academy
• Earheart Elementary/Middle School
• Fisher Magnet Academy
  • Fisher Magnet Lower Academy (PreK-4)
  • Fisher Magnet Upper Academy (5-8)
• Fitzgerald Elementary School
• Garvey Academy
• Golightly Education Center (formerly Saleh Elementary School)
• Gompers Elementary/Middle School
• Greenfield Union Elementary School
• Henderson Academy
• A.L. Holmes Academy of Blended Learning
• Hutchinson Elementary/Middle School (formerly Howe Elementary School)
• John R. King Academic and Parforming Arts Academy
• Law Elementary School
• Mackenzie Elementary/Middle School
• Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
• Mark Twain School for Scholars
• Marquette Elementary/Middle School
• Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy
• Noble Elementary School
• Nolan Elementary/Middle School
• Palmer Park Preparatory Academy (formerly Hampton Elementary School)
• Priest Elementary/Middle School
• Pulaski Elementary/Middle School
• Robeson Malcolm X Academy
• Sherrill Elementary School
• Charles L. Spain Elementary/Middle School
• Stewart Elementary School (was MacCulloch Elementary)
• Westside Multicultural Academy

Alternative PreK-8 schools

• Academy of The Americas
• Brenda Scott Academy
• Edward 'Duke' Ellington Conversatory of Music & Art at Beckham Academy

K-8 schools

Zoned K-8 schools

• Ann Arbor Trail Magnet Middle School
• Burns Elementary/Middle School
• Dossin Elementary/Middle School
• Durfee Elementary/Middle School
• Earhart Elementary/Middle School
• Lessenger Elementary/Middle School
• Frank Murphy Elementary/Middle School
• Munger Elementary/Middle School
• Nichols Elementary School
• Nolan Elementary School
• Thirkell Elementary/Middle School
  • In 2013 the Mackinac Center's Elementary and Middle School Report Card ranked this school as the top elementary in the State of Michigan^[1]
• Trix Elementary School

Alternative K-8 schools

• Edward (Duke) Ellington Conservatory of Music/Art
• Moses Field Center
• Foreign Language Immersion
• Hancock Preparatory Center
• Langston Hughes Academy
• MacDowell Preparatory Academy

5–8 schools

(Zoned)

• Erma Henderson Upper School

(Alternative)

• Clippert Multicultural Honors Academy (was McKinstry Elementary School)
• Ludington Magnet Middle School

6–8 schools

(Zoned)

• Barbour Magnet Middle School
• Columbus Middle School
• McNair Middle School
• Brenda Scott Middle School

(Alternative)

• Heilmann Park Middle School

PK-6 schools

(Zoned)

• No. 1 John R King
• Bagley Elementary School
• Ronald Brown Academy
• Cooke STEM Academy
• Dossin Elementary School
• MacDowell Preparatory Academy
• Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
• Pasteur Elementary School
• Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts
• Vernor Elementary School

K-6 schools

(Zoned)

• Cooke Elementary School
• Pasteur Elementary School

PreK-5 schools

(Zoned)

• Bennett Elementary School
• Carleton Elementary School
• Roberto Clemente Learning Academy
• Emerson Elementary School
• Gompers Elementary School
• Maybury Elementary School
• Wayne Elementary School
• Coleman A. Young Elementary School (formerly Stratford Elementary School)

K-5 Schools

(Zoned)

• Chrysler Elementary School
• Gardner Elementary School
• Harms Elementary School
• Duke Ellington @Beckingham

Former schools

See: List of closed public schools in Detroit

Notes and References

1. Spalding, Audrey. "Thirkell Elementary: The School That Could" (Archive). Mackinac Center. September 12, 2013. Retrieved on December 2, 2015.