Crestwood School District | |
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Address | |
27235 Joy Road Dearborn Heights , Michigan, 48127United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | PreK–12 [1] |
NCES District ID | 2600016 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 3,925 [1] |
Teachers | 223.22 [1] |
Staff | 408.13 [1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 17.58 [1] |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Crestwood School District is a school district in Michigan. Its headquarters are in Dearborn Heights. [2]
By 2016 the Arab American student population was increasing due to an influx of Arabs into Dearborn Heights. [3] Today in 2018 60% of the students are Arab.
In 2013 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that the district had discriminated against Arab Americans and other minority groups while determining which people should be added as staff members, which made it out of compliance with the Civil Rights Act. [4]
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