Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
3 bd $1,848/mo in Detroit. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 2.40% city wage tax.
- Public-school students
- 622,309
- NCES 2024-2025
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 17
- 36,623 teachers
- Districts / schools
- 243 / 1221
- Public districts and schools
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Usual for this household: studio.
- Childcare
- $0
- No kids under 5
- Left over each month
- $2,505
- After tax and rent
- Bachelor's or higher
- 34.1%
- Adults 25+. ACS 2023.
Largest public school districts
12 largest in Detroit.
- Detroit Public Schools Community District
DETROIT
- Students
- 48,828
- Schools
- 104
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.1
- Utica Community Schools
STERLING HEIGHTS
- Students
- 25,297
- Schools
- 37
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.9
- Dearborn City School District
DEARBORN
- Students
- 19,262
- Schools
- 37
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.8
- Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
PLYMOUTH
- Students
- 16,083
- Schools
- 23
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.7
- Rochester Community School District
ROCHESTER HLS
- Students
- 14,868
- Schools
- 21
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.3
- Chippewa Valley Schools
CLINTON TOWNSHIP
- Students
- 14,276
- Schools
- 20
- Pupil–teacher
- 18.4
- Livonia Public Schools School District
LIVONIA
- Students
- 13,076
- Schools
- 25
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.6
- Warren Consolidated Schools
WARREN
- Students
- 12,564
- Schools
- 23
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.7
- Troy School District
TROY
- Students
- 12,283
- Schools
- 21
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.8
- Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
WALLED LAKE
- Students
- 11,818
- Schools
- 20
- Pupil–teacher
- 17
- Wayne-Westland Community School District
WESTLAND
- Students
- 9,861
- Schools
- 16
- Pupil–teacher
- 17.1
- L'Anse Creuse Public Schools
Clinton Township
- Students
- 9,215
- Schools
- 19
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.6
NCES 2024–25.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 668
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 175
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 298
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 98
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
1,239 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Detroit metro sits
Roughly the core of the Detroit, MI metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids (1 under 5), 3 bd. $263/mo left. Childcare $1,070. Detroit paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Detroit
- Detroit → Austin · $672 more
- Detroit → Dallas · $541 more
- Detroit → Denver · $148 more
- Detroit → Raleigh · $244 more
- Detroit → San Francisco · $147 less
- Detroit → New York · $1,260 less
- Detroit → Reno · $210 less
- Detroit → Los Angeles · $804 less
- Detroit → Chicago · $82 less
- Detroit → Houston · $662 more
- Detroit → Washington · $403 more
- Detroit → Atlanta · $11 less
- Detroit → Philadelphia · $69 less
- Detroit → Miami · $810 less
- Detroit → Phoenix · $69 more
- Detroit → Boston · $543 less
Take-home by job in Detroit
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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