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Six counties, 207 cities, townships and villages

Metro Detroit schools

1,445 public, charter and private schools teach 640,160 students across the six counties. Pick a county or type your town to see its schools on a map, the districts that cover it and how its numbers compare.

Schools
1,445
Students
640,160
Federal counts
Students per teacher
17.1
Public and charter
Four-year graduation
86.7%
Class of 2025
621 Wayne County 405 public, 146 charter, and 70 private 420 Oakland County 311 public, 25 charter, and 84 private 260 Macomb County 208 public, 22 charter, and 30 private 59 St. Clair County 49 public, 5 charter, and 5 private 57 Livingston County 42 public, 6 charter, and 9 private 28 Lapeer County 25 public, 1 charter, and 2 private

207 towns

Schools in every town

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Lines from the U.S. Census Bureau and NCES

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School tours in 3D, city by city

Every school tour in 3D

From the federal and state files

What the numbers say about Metro Detroit's schools

Across its public and charter schools there are 17.1 students for every full-time teacher.

86.7% of the class of 2025 here (a cohort of 48,365 students) graduated in four years, above 84.0% for Michigan as a whole. AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School posted the highest rate, 100.0%.

51% of public school students qualify for free or reduced-price school meals.

689 schools run a federal Title I program for students from lower-income families (2021-22, the last year NCES reported it).

129 schools are magnet schools, open to students from outside their attendance area.

The newest, by the state's register, is Sundai Michigan International Academy, opened in October 2024.

200 private schools teach 41,052 students; the most common orientation is Roman Catholic (71).

The largest school districts

Schools across Metro Detroit

Schools in each county

Districts and tours

Metro Detroit schools, asked and answered

4 questions

How many schools are in Metro Detroit?
1,445 schools in the six counties Rebuild Detroit covers: 1,040 public, 205 charter, and 200 private, from the 2024-25 federal files and the 2023-24 private school survey.
Which county has the most schools?
Wayne County, with 621 schools.
What is the largest school district?
Detroit Public Schools Community District, with 48,828 students in the 2024-25 federal count.
Where do these numbers come from?
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (the Common Core of Data and the Private School Survey) and Michigan's CEPI, each named with its year at the foot of every page. Rebuild Detroit does not rate or rank schools.