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Detroit Public Schools Community District

Contact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.

About this district

Detroit Public Schools Community District is a public school district in Michigan. They serve 49,276 students across 116 schools, and its teachers have had 10,378 projects funded on DonorsChoose.

  • 116
    Schools
  • 49,276
    Students
  • 2,927
    Teachers

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Demographics

94%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
84%
of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.

Schools in districts that mainly serve students of color receive substantially less state and local support than similar districts that serve primarily White students. Learn more about this gap, why it exists, and how you can help close it.

Detroit Public Schools Community District Funding Data from the NCES School District Finance Survey

Detroit Public Schools Community District had a total revenue of $737.0 million in the 2016-17 school year. 10.8% came from local sources, 65.9% from state sources, and 23.3% from federal sources.

Detroit Public Schools Community District had a per-pupil revenue of $14,956 per pupil in the 2016-17 school year. 10.8% came from local sources, 65.9% from state sources, and 23.3% from federal sources.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Support on DonorsChoose Last updated Jun 19, 2025

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Detroit Public Schools Community District

$5.4 million
raised using DonorsChoose
10,378
projects funded
2,045
teachers funded
22,688
donors
719
projects for basic supplies
1,519
projects for technology
1,104
projects for books
592
projects for art supplies

Detroit Public Schools Community District has received support from 11,840 individuals from Michigan and 10,848 individuals out-of-state.

Detroit Public Schools Community District Schools

AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning Academy of the Americas Tiger Academy of the Americas Logan Bates Academy Earhart Elementary Middle School Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School Bagley Elementary School Diann Banks Williamson Education Center Barton Elementary School Crockett Midtown High School of Science and Medicine Blackwell Institute Bow Elementary Middle School Breithaupt Career & Technical Center Brenda Scott Academy Brewer Academy Burns Elementary Middle School Burton International Academy Carleton Elementary School Carstens Academy of Aquatic Science Carver STEM Academy Cass Technical High School Central Avenue Head Start Central High School Wright Academy Arts & Science Clark Preparatory Academy Clippert Magnet Honors Academy Cody High School Coleman A Young Elementary School Communication & Media Arts High School Cooke STEM Academy David Ellis Academy Davis Aerospace Technical High School Davison Elementary Middle School Denby High School Capstone Academy Charter School Northwestern High School Detroit International Academy - Young Women Detroit Lions Academy Detroit School of Arts Charles R Drew Transition Center Dpscd Virtual School Dixon Education Learning Academy Dossin Elementary - Middle School Douglass Academy - Young Men Ellington Conservatory Music & Art Durfee Elementary Middle School East English Village Preparatory Academy Edmonson Montessori School Emerson Elementary Middle School Fisher Magnet Lower Academy Fisher Magnet Upper Academy Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary Middle School Foreign Language Immersion School Gardner Elementary School Garvey Academy Golightly Career & Technical Center Golightly Education Center Gompers Elementary Middle School Greenfield Union Elementary - Middle School Hamilton Elementary Middle School Harms Elementary School Henderson Academy Henry Ford High School Hutchinson Elementary Middle School MacDowell Preparatory Academy King Academic & Perf Arts Academy Jerry L White Center John Bennett Elementary School Keidan Special Education Center Marion Law Academy Legacy Academy Mann Learning Community Twain School for Scholars Marquette Elementary Middle School Martin Luther King High School Mason Academy Maybury Elementary School Moses Field Center Mumford Academy Mumford High School Munger Elementary - Middle School Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy Nichols Elementary Middle School Noble Elementary Middle School Nolan Elementary Middle School Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School Osborn High School Palmer Park Preparatory Academy MacKenzie Elementary Middle School Pasteur Elementary School Pathways Academy Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy Pershing High School Priest Elementary Middle School Pulaski Elementary Middle School Ralph Bunche Preparatory Academy Randolph Career and Technical Center Renaissance High School Roberto Clemente Academy Ronald Brown Academy Rutherford Winans Academy Sampson - Webber Leadership Academy Schulze Academy Technology & Arts Southeastern High School Spain Elementary Middle School The School at Marygrove Thirkell Elementary - Middle School Thomas A Edison Elementary School Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Barack Obama Leadership Academy Turning Point Academy - Flemming Vernor Elementary School Walter Chrysler Elementary School Wayne Elementary School Western International High School West Side Academy of Information Technology & Cyber Security
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