AchieveDetroit

AchieveDetroit is a public high school in Detroit, MI, serving grades 9 through 12 as part of the Achieve-Detroit district, though its enrollment data is currently unavailable.

For parents, the most important takeaway is that AchieveDetroit is facing severe academic challenges. The school ranks in the bottom 3rd percentile statewide (773 out of 800 schools) and holds a 0-star rating. Test scores are dramatically below state averages across all subjects. For example, only 10.4% of 11th graders are proficient in SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, compared to the state average of 52.1%. This is lower than nearby Crockett Midtown High School of Science and Medicine (29.4%) and Detroit School of Arts (45.9%). In 9th-grade PSAT English Language Arts, only 12.5% of students are proficient—less than half the rate of the next lowest nearby school, Northwestern High School (15.8%).

One interesting finding is that AchieveDetroit shares its building at 2001 W Warren Ave with Detroit Lions Academy, a school in the Detroit Public Schools Community District. While both schools struggle academically, Detroit Lions Academy has a higher graduation rate (88.5%) and serves grades 6-12. Just 1.39 miles away, Cass Technical High School ranks in the 86th percentile with a 73.6% SAT reading proficiency rate—over seven times higher than AchieveDetroit's. There is a potential bright spot: 10th-grade PSAT English scores (20%) are notably higher than 9th-grade (12.5%) and 11th-grade (10.4%) scores, which could suggest recent instructional improvements. However, missing data on enrollment, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism makes it difficult to fully assess the school's overall health.