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Arbor Preparatory High School

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Arbor Preparatory High School ranks 359 th of 739 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades 9-12

359^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 739 Michigan High Schools

Better than 51% of Michigan high schools

Summary

Arbor Preparatory High School is a public charter high school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 289 students. The school is part of the Arbor Preparatory High School District, which is ranked 292 out of 613 districts in Michigan and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Arbor Preparatory High School has had a mixed academic performance over the years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 60th out of 832 Michigan high schools in 2014-2015 (5-star rating) to 739th out of 739 in 2024-2025 (3-star rating). The school's performance on standardized tests, such as the M-Step and SAT, has been below the state average, with only 20.8% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 27.5%. Additionally, the school has had a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 29.5% to 41.3% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. However, the school has shown some strengths in the performance of specific student subgroups, such as its African American students ranking among the top 57 out of 192 Michigan high schools in 2024-2025, and its White students ranking among the top 94 out of 638 Michigan high schools in 2023-2024.

Arbor Preparatory High School's performance is generally lower than that of the nearby high-performing schools, such as Washtenaw International High School and Early College Alliance, which have consistently ranked among the top 50 high schools in Michigan and have significantly higher academic achievement on standardized tests. To improve overall performance, the school may need to focus on strategies to improve academic achievement, reduce chronic absenteeism, and provide additional support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

278

Students ?

14.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,946

Per pupil spending ?

56.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6800 Hitchingham Rd
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

(734) 961-9700

District: Arbor Preparatory High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

50.4%

White:

19.8%

Hispanic:

15.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 19th percentile in 2024 → 51st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 51st (2025) from a 19th-percentile low (2024)

✓Above the Michigan median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!High chronic absenteeism (37% vs 28% Michigan)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school38%

District avg38%

Michigan avg40%

359^th of 739

Michigan public high schools ?

Top 49%▼ down 41 pts since 2015

From top 7% (2015) to top 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

292^nd of 613Arbor Preparatory High School 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	51.1	359 of 739	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	19.2	605 of 743	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.6	486 of 735	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	406 of 531	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.8	404 of 561	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.0	422 of 666	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.4	353 of 824	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	46.5	411 of 835	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	57.0	355 of 852	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	90.2	60 of 832	92.8%	★★★★★
2014	81.3	116 of 799	85.5%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	60.6	57 of 192	70.3%	★★★★☆
2024	37.9	108 of 188	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	61.4	46 of 170	72.9%	★★★★☆
2021	54.2	27 of 59	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.8	44 of 147	70.1%	★★★★☆
2018	60.3	73 of 254	71.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	62.1	216 of 629	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.9	445 of 619	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	425 of 611	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	17.7	411 of 462	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	468 of 554	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	61.9	250 of 710	64.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	47.0	328 of 635	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.6	519 of 654	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	48.2	299 of 614	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	35.2	287 of 369	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.5	311 of 417	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	45.9	294 of 532	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	66.7	206 of 755	72.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	38.6	384 of 628	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	11.5	573 of 633	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	450 of 611	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.3	266 of 440	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	48.7	217 of 472	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.6	197 of 543	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.8	420 of 707	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2018	57.2	86 of 315	72.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2024	79.3	94 of 638	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	29.7	455 of 647	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	68.2	155 of 492	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.8	233 of 582	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	79.2	119 of 708	83.2%	★★★★☆

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)

White (2024)85th percentile+67 vs school

Special Education (2018)73rd percentile+16 vs school

African American (2025)70th percentile+19 vs school

Female (2025)66th percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)39th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing55%~ state avg

Social Studies41%~ state avg

Science36%~ state avg

Mathematics21%-7 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, November 13, 2017

Arbor Prep has no consistency with the administration and teachers and what they are teaching the kids. When your kid gets to college, they will find out all that they were not taught what they should have Teachers do not stay, and many would rather be the kids "friend" than teacher. There is a lot of tension in the school. Not a good school at all. I am embarrassed that this is considered a charter school as charter schools are suppose to maintain a high level of quality. This school caused quite a bit of problems with my kids as they lost their love of learning and their smile. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	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	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step Science 8th 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
Arbor Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	6800 Hitchingham Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Arbor Preparatory High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 961-9700	278	19	14.7	56.8%	55 (19.8%)	140 (50.4%)	42 (15.1%)	5 (1.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.5%)	51.1	359^th of 739 public high schools	51.4%		19.2	605^th of 743 public high schools	18.6%	246		54.7	20.8		35.8	41.5	$19,946	$1,668	$18,278
Lincoln Senior High School	Public	9-12	7425 Willis Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Lincoln Consolidated School District	No	No	No	No	(734) 484-7004	810	45	17.8	42.2%	420 (51.9%)	220 (27.2%)	62 (7.7%)	12 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (11.6%)	22.9	560^th of 739 public high schools	24.2%		35.7	462^nd of 743 public high schools	37.8%	98		39.5	11.0		24.6	24.0	$17,474	$1,126	$16,348
Acce	Public, Magnet	6-12	1076 Ecorse Rd	Ypsilanti	48198	Washtenaw County	Ypsilanti Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 221-1691	175	12	14.5	79.4%	32 (18.3%)	108 (61.7%)	16 (9.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.3%)								(n/a)							$18,206	$3,446	$14,760
Washtenaw Alliance for Virtual Education	Public, Virtual	7-12	301 W Michigan Ave	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Washtenaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	Yes	No	(734) 761-7027	386	15	26.1	80.1%	214 (55.4%)	91 (23.6%)	40 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.4%)	23.1	558^th of 739 public high schools	24.5%		27.5	529^th of 743 public high schools	28.8%	29	45.5	47.4	5.3	30.0	19.4	25.0
Washtenaw International High School	Public	9-12	105 N Mansfield St	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Washtenaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-8145	493	26	18.8	20.5%	156 (31.6%)	101 (20.5%)	41 (8.3%)	140 (28.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.2%)	97.4	13^th of 739 public high schools	98.2%		97.5	14^th of 743 public high schools	98.1%	1		92.0	63.7		59.8	70.3
Huron Valley Womens	Public	9-12	3511 Bemis Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Michigan Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(734) 572-9900	2	0			0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
ACTech High School	Public	9-12	2095 Packard Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Ypsilanti Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 221-1001	459	39	11.8	61.9%	48 (10.5%)	238 (51.9%)	133 (29.0%)	8 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.3%)	1.9	739^th of 739 public high schools	0.0%		3	739^th of 743 public high schools	0.5%			7.4				4.4	$18,481	$4,599	$13,882
Ypsilanti STEMM Middle College	Public	9-12	2095 Packard Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Ypsilanti Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 221-1001	108	11	9.8	63.9%	18 (16.7%)	66 (61.1%)	11 (10.2%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.3%)	38.3	454^th of 739 public high schools	38.6%		28.4	522^nd of 743 public high schools	29.7%	68		53.6	28.6		17.9	28.6	$54,841	$14,671	$40,170
Early College Alliance	Public	9-12	220 King Hall	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Washtenaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(734) 487-4290	454	19	24.2	39.4%	209 (46.0%)	115 (25.3%)	46 (10.1%)	27 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (12.3%)	93.6	38^th of 739 public high schools	94.9%		96.2	21^st of 743 public high schools	97.2%	17		85.6	49.2		57.8	62.9
Washtenaw County Youth Center Educational Programs	Public	5-12	4125 Washtenaw Ave	Ann Arbor	48108	Washtenaw County	Washtenaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-8100	16	4	4.0	68.8%	7 (43.8%)	9 (56.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Arbor Preparatory High School

What is the racial makeup of Arbor Preparatory High School?

Students at Arbor Preparatory High School are 50% African American, 20% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.

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Arbor Preparatory High School

Is Arbor Preparatory High School a good school?

Arbor Preparatory High School ranks 359^th of 739 Michigan high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Arbor Preparatory High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 278 students attended Arbor Preparatory High School.

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