List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit

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There are 25 Catholic high schools in the Detroit area as of 2015. 24 of those schools belong to the Archdiocese of Detroit.

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The current Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Detroit are from Genesee County, Macomb County, Monroe County, Oakland County, St. Clair County, Washtenaw County, and Wayne County.

The Archdiocese of Detroit comprises six counties of Southeast Michigan: Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair and Wayne. [1] There currently are no Catholic high schools in Lapeer County.

A directory of Roman Catholic institutions from the 1960s listed 108 Catholic grade schools in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. [2] By 2005 suburban flight contributed to the decline of Catholic schools in the Detroit area. There were no Catholic schools left in Hamtramck by that year, and in the Detroit city limits there were 12. [3] By 2017 there were four Catholic elementary schools in the city of Detroit. [2] There are 103 Detroit-area high schools which have closed as of 2015.[ citation needed ]

K-12 schools

Oakland County

High schools

Macomb County
Monroe County
Oakland County
St. Clair County
Wayne County

Note: All enrollment data is as of the 2015–16 school year. [5] [6] [7]

Former high schools

Macomb County
Monroe County
Oakland County
St. Clair County
Wayne County

[10] [11]

Elementary and K-8 schools

Lapeer County
Macomb County
Monroe County
Oakland County
St. Clair County
Wayne County
  • In Detroit
  • Outside of Detroit

Former K-8, middle, and elementary schools

Macomb County
Monroe County
Oakland County
St. Clair County
Wayne County
  • In Detroit
  • Outside Detroit

Diocese of Lansing schools in the Catholic High School League

Genesee County, Lenawee County and Washtenaw County are part of the Diocese of Lansing. Some Catholic high schools located in those counties are listed below because they participate, or have participated, in the Detroit Catholic High School League in athletics, which is part of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

Washtenaw County

Former schools:

Genesee County
Lenawee County

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