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Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Special Designations

Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Special Designations

Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Special Designations

Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Special Designations

Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Special Designations

Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Special Designations

Community School - These schools offer an array of services to parents and children. Examples include homework assistance, child care, technology skills, parental and prenatal training, language and literacy development and more.

Excellent Schools Detroit Top School - One of our schools that made nonprofit Excellent Schools Detroit’s list of recommended schools in the city, based on test scores, site visits and student and teacher evaluations.

Innovation School - Schools with expanded innovative programs, such as STEAM, public Montessori, dual language immersion, expanded Academy of Blended Learning, additional accelerated academic programs and smaller high school communities.

Montessori School - Montessori programming, according to the American Montessori Society, is a child-centered approach to learning that allows kids to follow their interests and learn through a combination of movement, collaboration and concentration.

Application Schools

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Fall 2023 Admissions

Detroit Public Schools Community District offers a variety of specialty, application-based schools and programs that offer students unique learning experiences. Offerings include Gifted and Talented, Foreign Language Immersion, Aviation, Science and Medicine, Fine and Performing Arts, African-Centered Education, Single-Gender Education and more. Students who attend our Application Schools excel in critical and creative thinking and thrive in settings where they can explore their passions.

Detroit School of Arts

The Detroit School of Arts application for Fall 2023 will re-open at noon on Monday, February 6, 2023. An online application is required. An email address and password for Submittable are needed to set up an account. Please click the link below to begin your application. The deadline to apply will be 11:59 p.m. Sunday April 23, 2023.

Detroit School of Arts Application - Fall 2023

How to apply

Application methods vary by school. Please review your options:

Submittable Online Application

Each applicant is required to provide an email address to set up an account, which will be used throughout the admissions process. The application should be completed and signed electronically by a parent or guardian.

The contact information provided in the application should also belong to, or be accessible to, a parent or guardian. The application allows for collaboration so that one or more additional people can view the application while it is in progress.

K-8 exam schools
Academy of the Americas
Bates
Chrysler
Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies

Montessori
Edison Elementary
Edmonson Elementary
Palmer Park Preparatory Academy

Other Schools
The School at Marygrove K-3
Crockett Midtown High School of Science and Medicine (Formerly Ben Carson High School of Science and Medicine)
Clippert Magnet Honors Middle School
Golightly Elementary-Middle School.

Paper Applications
The following schools accept paper applications that can be picked up at the school or downloaded from this website.

Clippert Magnet Honors Middle School
Marcus Garvey Academy
Davis Aerospace Technical High School

Other Online Applications
Davis Aerospace Technical High School
Detroit International Academy

Explore Your Options!

Application Elementary-Middle Schools

Explore Your Options

Academy of the Americas

Academy of the Americas

Grades K-12
5680 Konkel St

Bates Academy

Bates Academy

Grades K-8
19701 Wyoming

Clippert Multicultural Honors Academy

Clippert

Grades 6-8
1981 McKinstry St

Chrysler Elementary

Chrysler

Grades K-5
1445 E Lafayette

Detroit International Academy

Detroit International Academy

Grades K-12
5161 Charles St.

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies Schools (FLICS)

FLICS

Grades K-8
65011 W Outer Dr

Golightly Education Center

Golightly Gators

Grades K-8
5536 St Antoine

Marcus Garvey Academy

Marcus Garvey Academy

Grades K-8
2301 Van Dyke

Paul Robeson / Malcolm X Academy

Paul Robeson Malcolm X

Grades K-8
2585 Grove St

The School at Marygrove

Grades K-2
8425 W. McNichols

Application High Schools

Explore Your Options

Academy of the Americas

Academy of the Americas

Grades K-12
5680 Konkel St

Benjamin Carson High School of Science and Medicine

Ben Carson High School

Grades 9-12
571 Mack

https://linktr.ee/bchs_bluejays

Davis Aerospace Technical High School

Davis Aerospace Tech

Grades 9-12
900 Dickerson

Detroit International Academy

Detroit International Academy for Young Women

Grades K-12
5161 Charles St.

Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men

Frederick Douglass

Grades 9-12
2001 W Warren

Detroit School of Arts

Detroit School of Arts

Grades 9-12
123 Selden

Montessori

DSA Pathways

Explore Your Options

Detroit School of Arts

Detroit School of Arts

Grades 9-12
123 Selden

Spain Elementary-Middle School

Middle School Conservatory: Grades 6-8
3700 Beaubien

Brenda Scott Academy for Theater Arts

Brenda Scott

Middle School Conservatory: Grades 6-8
18440 Hoover

Duke Ellington Art and Music
Conservatory at Beckham

Duke Ellington School of Arts

Middle School Conservatory: Grades 6-8
9860 Park Dr

John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy

John r king

Middle School Conservatory: Grades 6-8
15850 Strathmoor

February 15, 2023

10:00 AM Spend the Day at DSA
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM K-8 Application School Webinar
March 1, 2023

5:00 PM Open House- Detroit School of Arts
March 16, 2023

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM K-8 Application School Webinar
March 21, 2023

10:00 AM Spend the Day at DSA

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