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Good Schools Making the Grade


 

 

The 2008 Good School List

High Performing Schools

Criteria:  At least 75 percent of students have met or exceeded acceptable achievement standards in two of three areas: mathematics, reading/language arts, and science.  There must be at least 60 percent achievement in the third subject area.  In addition, schools must have a 90 percent attendance rate and meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

 

 

Elementary Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Bates Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 75,000

  1.  

Ronald Brown Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 85,000

  1.  

Burton International School

Detroit Public School

$ 75,000

  1.  

Carstens Elementary

Detroit Public School

$100,000

  1.  

Chrysler Elementary School

Detroit Public School

$ 75,000

  1.  

Detroit Merit Charter Academy 

Charter School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Gompers Elementary

Detroit Public School

$100,000

  1.  

Mann Elementary

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy

Charter School

$ 75,000

  1.  

Thirkell Elementary

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Marvin Winans Academy

Charter School

$ 75,000

  1.  

Charles Wright Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 75,000

  1.  

YMCA Service Learning Academy

Charter School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Bagley Elementary

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Detroit Edison Public School Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Lodge Elementary

Detroit Public School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Detroit Merit Charter Academy 

Charter School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Edward Duke Ellington Conservatory

Detroit Public School

$ 85,000

  1.  

Hally Magnet Middle School

Detroit Public School

$ 75,000

  1.  

University of Detroit Jesuit Academy

Catholic School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Bates Academy

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Burton International School

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Ludington Magnet Middle School

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

YMCA Service Learning Academy

Charter School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Renaissance High School

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

University of Detroit Jesuit Academy

Catholic School

 

 

 

 

 

Improving Schools

Criteria:  Schools must have at least a 10 percent student improvement over the prior year in two of three areas: mathematics, reading/language arts, and science.  In addition, schools must have a 90 percent attendance rate and meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) or be in no more than the first year of school improvement.

 

 

Elementary Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Allen Academy

Charter School

$ 50,000

  1.  

William Beckham Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Birney

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Bow

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Clark Elementary

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Roberto Clemente Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Crary

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Dossin

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Edison

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Fitzgerald

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Gardner

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Hope of Detroit Academy

Charter School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Jemison School of Choice

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Law

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Malcolm X. Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Mark Twain

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Thurgood Marshall

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Maybury

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Oakman

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Pasteur

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Plymouth Educational Center

Charter School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Pulaski

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Wilkins

Detroit Public School

$ 50,000

  1.  

Carver

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Clinton

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Cooke

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Coolidge

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

George Crockett Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Marcus Garvey Academy

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Gesu Catholic School

Catholic School

 

  1.  

Heilmann

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Langston Hughes Academy

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Old Redford Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Rutherford Academy

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Pierre Toussaint Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Universal Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Woodward Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Coleman A. Young

Detroit Public School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middle Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Marcus Garvey Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 25,000

  1.  

Gesu Catholic School

Catholic School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Plymouth Educational Center

Charter School

$ 10,000

  1.  

St. Bartholomew

Catholic School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Christ the King

Catholic School

 

  1.  

Dixon

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Mark Twain

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Timbuktu Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Marvin Winans Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Woodward Academy

Charter School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Davis Aerospace Career/Technical Ctr.

Detroit Public School

$ 20,000

 

 

 

Aspiring Schools

Criteria:  At least 60 percent of students have met or exceeded acceptable achievement standards in two of three areas: mathematics, reading/language arts, and science; or schools must have at least a 5 percent increase over the prior year of students meeting the achievement standards.

 

Elementary Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Ann Arbor Trail Magnet

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Blackwell Institute

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Burns

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Campbell

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Carleton

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Cesar Chavez Academy

Charter School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Courtis

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Detroit Open School

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Durfee

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Greenfield Union

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Holcomb

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Joyce

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Logan

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

MacDowell

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Benjamin Mays Male Academy

Private School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Michigan Technical Academy-Mansfield

Charter School

$ 10,000

  1.  

New Elementary @ Elmdale

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Owen Academy @ Pelham

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

St. Cecilia School

Catholic School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Schulze

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Timbuktu Academy

Charter School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Vetal

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Wayne

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Westside Multicultural Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Barton

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Detroit Academy of Arts & Science

Charter School

 

  1.  

Fleming

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Harding

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Marquette

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Nichols

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Richard

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Van Zile

Detroit Public School

 

 
 

 

Middle Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Detroit Edison Public School Academy

Charter School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Detroit Urban Lutheran

Lutheran School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Greenfield Union

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

A.L. Holmes

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Nichols

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

St. Scholastica

Catholic School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Taft

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Trix

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Westside Multicultural Academy

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Winterhalter

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Allen Academy

Charter School

 

  1.  

Ann Arbor Trail Magnet

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Golightly Educational Center

Detroit Public School

 

 
 

 

High Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Boykin Continuing Education Center

Detroit Public School

$ 15,000

  1.  

Detroit School of the Arts

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Cass Technical High School

Detroit Public School

 

 

Emerging Schools

Criteria:  Schools must meet three of four conditions: graduation rate of 80 percent or higher or a five percent increase; post-high school experience of 75 percent or higher; 75 percent of graduating seniors meet Michigan Merit Curriculum in math and science; and average daily attendance rate of 90 percent.

  

 

High Schools

Type

Amount Received

  1.  

Cody

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Detroit High School of Technology

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Kettering

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Osborn

Detroit Public School

$ 10,000

  1.  

Communication & Media Arts

Detroit Public School

 

  1.  

Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School

Detroit Public School

 

 
 
 

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