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Schools in Detroit

Detroit’s public schools

Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Detroit. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 108% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
15%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
2020–21
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.6K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.3
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,200 students on the public path
In brief

Detroit’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Detroit’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Pittsfield High School places highest (better than 37%); Pikeland Community School lowest (30%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Detroit, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Pittsfield South Elem Schoolin PittsfieldNo scores
3–8Pikeland Community Schoolin PittsfieldC
9–12Pittsfield High Schoolin PittsfieldC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pikeland Community Unit School District 10.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Pikeland Community Unit School District 10Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,200 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 15.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,644IL $21,567 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading15%
State average 29.9% · 544 students tested
Math11%
State average 25.8% · 584 students tested

Detroit vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Detroit’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Detroit—Pikeland Community Unit School District 10

Every school in Detroit

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Detroitin other towns
Pittsfield South Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Pittsfield
340 students16:1Rate it →
Pikeland Community School
Middle · Grades 3–8 · Pittsfield
C
491 students17:1Rate it →
Pittsfield High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pittsfield
C+
369 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Detroit’s schools

Are Detroit’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Detroit. Pikeland Community Unit School District 10 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Detroit. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Detroit in?

Pikeland Community Unit School District 10.

Where do Detroit kids go to high school?

Pittsfield High School.

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What Detroit families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.