List of closed public schools in Detroit

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This is a list of schools closed by the Detroit Public Schools Community District. There have been about 200 school closures since 2000. Some have been repurposed, while others were torn down, most remain vacant though, although the exact number is unclear. According to Detroiturbex.com and additional historic research, there are 61 abandoned schools to this day, while 36 have been demolished and 2 have been renovated. [1]

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High schools

SchoolYear closed
Chadsey High School 2009 [lower-alpha 1]
Thomas M. Cooley High School 2010 [2]
Crockett High School 2012 [2] [lower-alpha 2]
Crosman Alternative High School2012 [2]
Detroit City Alternative High School 2012 [2] [lower-alpha 3]
Jared W. Finney High School 2011 [2] [lower-alpha 4]
Charles Kettering High School 2012 [2]
Mackenzie High School 2007 [lower-alpha 5]
Murray-Wright High School 2007 [lower-alpha 6]
Northern High School 2008 [lower-alpha 7]
Northeastern High School 1982
Redford High School 2007
Southwestern High School 2012 [2]
Trombly Alternative High School2002 [2]

Middle schools

SchoolYear closed
Helen Newberry Joy Middle School2008
Barbour Magnet Middle School2009 [2]
Butzel Elementary Middle2010
Cadillac Middle School2007 [2]
Elizabeth Cleveland Intermediate School 2006
Cerveny Middle School2010
Condon Junior High School
Farwell Middle School2012
Foch Middle School2004
Greusel Junior High School
Guest Middle School2010
Hally Magnet Middle School2012
OW Holmes Elementary/Middle School2013
Hutchins Intermediate School2012
Jackson Intermediate School2009
William S. Knudsen Junior High School2015
Longfellow Middle School2008
Lyster Junior High School
Mettetal Junior High School
Pelham Middle School2007
Post Middle School2007
Robinson Middle School2012
Roosevelt Middle School2001
Ruddiman Middle School
Taft Middle School2012

Elementary schools

Additional Information of schools

Info of High Schools

In 2011, Chadsey High School was demolished.

In 2016, Detroit City Alternative High School was demolished.

In 2019, Charles Kettering High School was subject to partial demolition. In 2012, Mackenzie High School was demolished.

In 2005, Northern High School was repurposed.

in 1982, Northeastern high school was demolished.

In 2012, Redford High School was demolished.

In 2023, Southwestern High School was demolished.

Info of Middle Schools'

In 2012, Elizabeth Cleveland Intermediate School was renovated.

In 2001, Tappan Intermediate was razed.

See also

Notes

  1. Demolished in March 2011
  2. Students relocated to East English Village Preparatory Academy built on the former site of Finney High School.
  3. This School was originally Longefellow Middle School.
  4. Was an Elementary School when it opened in 1928, then became a High School in 1961. Demolished in 2011 to Make way for East English Village Preparatory Academy
  5. Demolished in 2012.
  6. Now serves as Douglass Academy for Young Men.
  7. Became Detroit International Academy for Young Women in 2005.
  8. Built in 1905, was named for former mayor Zachariah Chandler
  9. Opened in 1925 and named for former Detroit City College dean Wilford Larn Coffey.
  10. Renamed Bunche in 2013 after moving to this site.
  11. Hope of Detroit Academy Middle/High School was built after this school was demolished.
  12. Detroit Police Training Academy built on this site.
  13. Various blogs report that the infamous Detroit Police Department Crime Lab operated inside the former Stephen Foster School (built in 1957) after it closed
  14. Was demolished in 1949 to make way for Arthur L. Fletcher Playfield.
  15. Became New Paradigm Glazer-Loving Academy.
  16. Facility replaced by Edward 'Duke' Ellington Conservatory of Music & Art @ Beckham Academy in 2003.
  17. This school was designed in the English Tudor style and the kindergarten room includes a fireplace.
  18. Charles Hanneman School was built in 1916; the gym and cafeteria were located in the basement, which is odd for a modern school but typical for construction in that era.
  19. School was replaced by Gompers Elementary/Middle School.
  20. This single-story brick building constructed in 1925 has two interior courtyards.
  21. Built in 1955 and named for Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish General who fought alongside George Washington.
  22. Now used as House of Help Community School.
  23. Named after Alexander Macomb, a Detroit native who served in the War of 1812 and later as Commanding General of the United States Army
  24. In 2004, the school converted to John Deiter School, then renamed Detroit Transition Center West, Closed in 2011.
  25. Became Clippert Multicultural Magnet Honors Academy.
  26. Site taken over by Westside Christian Academy.
  27. In 2014 Southwest Detroit Community School opened in a new building on this site. That school closed in 2019.
  28. This is the oldest standing school in Detroit, dating back to 1897. [2]
  29. In the 1980s and 1990s the school was known as the Ruthruff Adult Education. In the late 1990s or early 2000s, the school became the new home of the Malcolm X Academy program, an African-centric school.
  30. Destroyed by fire twice in 2009 & 2012, Demolished in 2013.
  31. Building Replaced by Butzel Junior High School which is now known as Garvey Academy.
  32. Building converted to the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a charter school.
  33. This was the Largest Elementary School in Detroit with the population of 2,240 students when it opened.
  34. Building later became University Yes Academy

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