Special Education High Open

Jerry L White Center

๐Ÿ“ 14804 W Mcnichols Rd, Detroit, Wayne County, 48235

122
Pupils
6.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Jerry L White Center is a Special Education serving high age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 122 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.0:1. The four-year graduation rate is 5%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Detroit Public Schools Community District

Enrollment & staffing

Jerry L White Center enrolls 122 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 68% male and 32% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.0:1.

Male students
83 (68%)
Female students
39 (32%)
Teachers (FTE)
20.3
Student-teacher ratio
6.0:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American10082%
Hispanic or Latino108.2%
White86.6%
Asian32.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

92 of the school's 122 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 92 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Jerry L White Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 5, state house district 7.

School district: Detroit Public Schools Community District

Jerry L White Center is one of 107 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District, based in DETROIT, Michigan. The district serves 48,828 students district-wide and employs 3,019 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 122 students, Jerry L White Center is smaller than the district average of about 456 students per school.

48,828
District students
107
Schools
3,019
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

5%
Graduation rate
17%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment

Setting: City - Large

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