You're missing the point.
Yes, it's theoretically possible to send your child to any public school in the nation and get a good education. The biggest factors in academic achievement come from home life.
The question wasn't whether it was theoretically possible to attend DPS and learn. The question was whether city schools are comparable to suburban schools, which they aren't.
As to University Liggett, all the fancy private schools have lots of former DPS students, and current Detroit residents, many of them on partial scholarship. Country Day has a ton, Cranbrook and Roeper have many.
To me, that's indicative of the failure of DPS. They can't keep their most promising students.
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