📍 41500 Gardenbrook Rd, Novi, Oakland County, 48375
Career Preparation is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Novi, Oakland County. The school has 34 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Novi Community School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 2.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Career Preparation enrolls 34 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 68% male and 32% female. A teaching staff of 2.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 19 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 15% |
| Asian | 4 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 2.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
15 of the school's 34 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 14 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Career Preparation is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-60, state senate district 15, state house district 38.
Career Preparation is one of 10 schools in Novi Community School District, based in NOVI, Michigan. The district serves 6,770 students district-wide and employs 413 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 34 students, Career Preparation is smaller than the district average of about 677 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small