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University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School

Public, Magnet, Charter Grades 9-12

642^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 739 Michigan High Schools

Better than 13% of Michigan high schools

Summary

University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School is a public magnet charter high school in Detroit, Michigan, serving 432 students in grades 9-12. While the school is part of the University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD) district, which is ranked 511 out of 613 districts in Michigan, the high school itself faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism.

The school's academic performance is consistently low compared to the state average. In 2024-2025, only 15% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in M-Step/Science, compared to the state average of 34.9%. The school's performance on SAT/Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (33.3% proficient) and SAT/Mathematics (8.3% proficient) is also significantly below the state averages of 55.4% and 27.5%, respectively. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate has been around 82-91% in recent years, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate has been around 7-8%, which is higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, Cass Technical High School and Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School outperform University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School in terms of academic performance, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. However, the school does perform better than some other nearby schools, such as Detroit Public Safety Academy and Pathways Academy.

452

Students ?

22.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,645

Per pupil spending ?

68.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2664 Franklin St
Detroit, MI 48207

(313) 393-9166

District: University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD)

Racial breakdown:

African American:

97.8%

White:

0.9%

Two or more races:

0.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 3rd percentile in 2019 → 13th in 2025

Strengths

✓91% graduate in 4 years — above the Michigan average (83%)

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 13th (2025) from a 3rd-percentile low (2019)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (18% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Social Studies scores 25 pts below the Michigan average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg18%

Michigan avg40%

642^nd of 739

Michigan public high schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

511^th of 613University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD) among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	642 of 739	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	663 of 743	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.3	684 of 735	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.7	647 of 666	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.0	691 of 824	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	15.6	617 of 835	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	19.7	629 of 852	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.9	635 of 832	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	32.3	552 of 799	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	23.5	587 of 805	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	33.0	119 of 192	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.7	125 of 188	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.9	125 of 170	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.0	123 of 147	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	171 of 254	32.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	6.9	591 of 629	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	564 of 619	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.6	590 of 611	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.1	629 of 710	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	521 of 635	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	607 of 654	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.6	592 of 614	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.6	514 of 532	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	607 of 755	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	16.6	532 of 628	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.5	599 of 633	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.7	578 of 611	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.3	520 of 543	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	588 of 707	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2018	16.2	277 of 315	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)38th percentile+25 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)15th percentile~ school

Special Education (2018)12th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)6th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing33%-22 vs state

Social Studies17%-25 vs state

Science15%-20 vs state

Mathematics8%-19 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step Science (2025)	M-Step Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School	Public, Magnet, Charter	9-12	2664 Franklin St	Detroit	48207	Wayne County	University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 393-9166	452	20	22.6	68.1%	4 (0.9%)	442 (97.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	13	642^nd of 739 public high schools	13.1%		10.6	663^rd of 743 public high schools	10.8%	21	33.3	8.3	15.0	17.0	$14,645	$3,217	$11,428
Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School	Public	9-12	3200 E Lafayette St	Detroit	48207	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-7373	976	41	23.8	75.5%	1 (0.1%)	964 (98.8%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	12.6	644^th of 739 public high schools	12.9%		7.8	688^th of 743 public high schools	7.4%	44	30.7		12.0	19.2	$18,961	$2,508	$16,453
WAY Michigan	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	407 E Fort St	Detroit	48226	Wayne County	WAY Michigan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(734) 494-2106	156	9	17.1	82.7%	79 (50.6%)	51 (32.7%)	20 (12.8%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)					$13,948	$2,856	$11,092
Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3403 Saint Aubin St	Detroit	48207	Wayne County	Detroit Edison Public School Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 877-9381	419	20	20.5	59.2%	2 (0.5%)	393 (93.8%)	14 (3.3%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	26.2	529^th of 739 public high schools	28.4%		31.7	497^th of 743 public high schools	33.1%	32	38.0	6.0	30.0	29.0	$11,655	$2,727	$8,928
Crockett Midtown High School of Science and Medicine	Public	9-12	571 Mack Ave	Detroit	48201	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-1805	191	13	14.6	81.2%	6 (3.1%)	170 (89.0%)	6 (3.1%)	7 (3.7%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5.3	713^th of 739 public high schools	3.5%		12.8	650^th of 743 public high schools	12.5%	63	11.8			14.3	$28,224	$2,084	$26,141
Cass Technical High School	Public	9-12	2501 2nd Ave	Detroit	48201	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 263-2000	2,493	104	24.0	62.3%	52 (2.1%)	1,829 (73.4%)	353 (14.2%)	229 (9.2%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.2%)	60.8	266^th of 739 public high schools	64.0%		68.8	185^th of 743 public high schools	75.1%	81	76.0	36.2	19.0	44.0	$16,103	$1,646	$14,456
Detroit School of Arts	Public	9-12	123 Selden St	Detroit	48201	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-6000	523	36	14.6	70.9%	15 (2.9%)	488 (93.3%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.7%)	11.9	647^th of 739 public high schools	12.4%		23.2	573^rd of 743 public high schools	22.9%	74	34.2		8.0	16.1	$23,415	$3,080	$20,335
Detroit Public Safety Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	1250 Rosa Parks Blvd	Detroit	48216	Wayne County	Detroit Public Safety Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 965-6916	156	8	19.2	82.7%	0 (0.0%)	155 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6.7	696^th of 739 public high schools	5.8%		4.8	722^nd of 743 public high schools	2.8%	26			11.8	9.1	$13,748	$4,480	$9,269
Pathways Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	11340 E Jefferson Ave	Detroit	48214	Wayne County	Pathways Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 209-3803	140	5	28.0	90.7%	1 (0.7%)	136 (97.1%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$15,467	$1,200	$14,268
University Preparatory Academy PSAD High School	Public, Magnet, Charter	9-12	600 Antoinette St	Detroit	48202	Wayne County	University Preparatory Academy (PSAD)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 874-4340	559	39	14.3	66.7%	2 (0.4%)	548 (98.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	17.8	594^th of 739 public high schools	19.6%		14.4	634^th of 743 public high schools	14.7%	40	38.7	11.7	14.8	22.1	$16,012	$3,441	$12,571

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University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD)

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University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School ranks in the bottom 13.1% of Michigan high schools.

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Students at University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School are 98% African American.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 452 students attended University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD High School.

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