Detroit Public Schools Community District

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Schools in the district releasing students to Lifewise

Location Map	Detroit, MI 48202 Wayne County
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District Poverty Rate	44.2% (data source)
Non-White Students	97.6% (data source)
NCES Link	NCES District Info
Last Updated	December 1, 2025

What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (107)

School	Step	Description	Signatures
Cass Technical High School	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Cody High School	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Davis Aerospace Technical High School At Golightly	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	8
Detroit Lions Academy	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Edmonson Montessori	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Foreign Language Immersion And Cultural Studies	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Golightly Education Center	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Marion Law Academy	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Pershing High School	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	2
Renaissance High School	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures	1
Academy Of The Americas At Logan	Step 0	No Progress	0
Academy Of The Americas High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Al Holmes Academy Of Blended Learning	Step 0	No Progress	0
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Bagley Elementary School Of Journalism And Technology	Step 0	No Progress	0
Barton Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Bates Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Benjamin Carson High School Of Science And Medicine	Step 0	No Progress	0
Bennett Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Blackwell Institute	Step 0	No Progress	0
Bow Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Breithaupt Career and Technical Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Brenda Scott Academy For Theatre Arts	Step 0	No Progress	0
Brewer Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Bunche Preparatory Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Burns Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Burton International Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Carleton Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Carstens Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Carver Stem Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Central High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Charles R Drew Transition Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Charles Wright Academy Of Arts And Science	Step 0	No Progress	0
Chrysler Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Clippert Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Coleman A Young Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Communication And Media Arts High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Cooke Stem Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Davison Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Denby High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School At Northwestern	Step 0	No Progress	0
Detroit International Academy For Young Women	Step 0	No Progress	0
Detroit School Of Arts	Step 0	No Progress	0
Diann BanksWilliamson Educational Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Dixon Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Dossin Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
DPSCD Virtual School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Durfee Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Earhart Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
East English Village Preparatory Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Edison Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Edward Duke Ellington At Beckham	Step 0	No Progress	0
Emerson Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Fisher Magnet Lower Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Fisher Magnet Upper Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Frederick Douglass Academy For Young Men	Step 0	No Progress	0
Gardner Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Garvey Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Golightly Career and Technical Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Gompers Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Greenfield Union Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Hamilton Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Harms Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Henderson Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Henry Ford High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Hutchinson Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
J E Clark Preparatory Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Jerry L White Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
John R King Academic And Performing Arts Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Keidan Special Education Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Legacy Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Ludington Magnet Middle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Mackenzie Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Mann Learning Community	Step 0	No Progress	0
Mark Twain Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Marquette Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Martin Luther King Jr Senior High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Mary Mcleod Bethune Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Mason Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Maybury Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Moses Field Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Mumford High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Munger Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Nichols Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Noble Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Nolan Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Palmer Park Preparatory Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Pasteur Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Pulaski Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Randolph Career and Technical Center	Step 0	No Progress	0
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Ronald Brown Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Sampsonwebber Leadership Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Schulze Academy For Technology And Arts	Step 0	No Progress	0
SER Metro YouthBuild Learning Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Southeastern High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Spain Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
The School At Marygrove	Step 0	No Progress	0
The SER Learning Academy East	Step 0	No Progress	0
Thirkell Elementarymiddle School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Turning Point Academy	Step 0	No Progress	0
Vernor Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
Wayne Elementary School	Step 0	No Progress	0
West Side Academy Of Information Technology And Cyber Securi	Step 0	No Progress	0
Western International High School	Step 0	No Progress	0
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State Law and School Board Policy

School District Policy
Policy Notes
Michigan State Law	Schools are required to allow students to be released for religious programs. This does not mean schools do not have the ability to create policies that protect the school's instruction time.
Law Notes

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November 13, 2025

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