Golightly Career and Technical Center

DETROIT · MI · Detroit Public Schools Community District · Public

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Capstone Academy Charter SchoolRiverbend → Pathways Academy → The SER Learning Academy East → Grosse Pointe South High School → Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School → CapstoneWayne Co Juvenile Detention Fac → Bridge Impact → The Harper Woods College and Career Institute →

📋 At a glance

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Golightly Career and Technical Center compares for families

What families should know about Golightly Career and Technical Center.

▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Capstone Academy Charter SchoolRiverbend, Pathways Academy, The SER Learning Academy East and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

18.2%

Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

9.1%

Around the national average. Worth watching.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

18%

admit rate

$17,736

in-state tuition/yr · $60,946 out-of-state

1350–1530

SAT 25–75 · ACT 31–34

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,138/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

33.3%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

3:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Capstone Academy Charter SchoolRiverbend DETROIT	Public · charter	0.1	9	—
Pathways Academy DETROIT	Public · charter	1.0	126	+40.0%
The SER Learning Academy East DETROIT	Public · charter	2.1	107	+46.6%
Grosse Pointe South High School GROSSE POINTE FARMS	Public	2.9	1,113	-13.8%
Detroit Edison Public School Academy High School DETROIT	Public · charter	4.6	419	+4.5%
CapstoneWayne Co Juvenile Detention Fac HAMTRAMCK	Public · charter	5.0	85	+34.9%
Bridge Impact DETROIT	Public · charter	5.3	241	-41.6%
The Harper Woods College and Career Institute HARPER WOODS	Public	5.5	—	—

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