I knew parents in Detroit weren't fond of DPS, but I had no idea 60% of parents now have successfully avoided DPS.
From mlive.com, DPS has the 6th highest student escape rate, with 62,000 of 104,000 bolting:
I believe in public education, but at what point should a district be dissolved and re-constituted into something parents like?#6. Detroit Public Schools [[Wayne County)
Fall 2016 enrollment in the Detroit school district equated to 40% of public-school students who lived in the district. The breakdown:
- Number of students living in the district: 104,322;
- District's fall 2016 enrollment: 41,388;
- Gain from non-resident students: 1,811;
- Loss from residents enrolled in other districts: -14,134;
- Loss from residents enrolled in charters: -50,611;
- Net loss: -62,934.
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