Renaissance High School

This article is about the high school in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. For the high school in Meridian, Idaho, see Renaissance High School (Idaho).

Renaissance High School
Address
Map
6565 W. Outer Drive

Detroit
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates42°25′05″N 83°11′42″W / 42.4180852°N 83.1949095°W / 42.4180852; -83.1949095
Information
School typePublic, magnet high school
Motto"A School for the Mind, A Mind for the Future"
Established1978
School districtDetroit Public Schools
PrincipalVerynda Stroughter
Faculty45+
Teaching staff60.90 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,146 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.82[1]
Color(s)Maroon and white    
MascotPhoenix
Websitedetroitk12.org/schools/renaissance

Renaissance High School is a public, magnet high school in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1978 on the former site of Catholic Central High School, Renaissance graduated its first senior class in 1981. In 2005, a new building was dedicated at the site of the former Sinai Hospital.

Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district; (the others being Cass Technical High School, Detroit School of Arts, and Communication & Media Arts High School).[2] Entrance is based on test scores and middle school grades.

Academics

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Student assessments
2021–22 school
year[3]
Change vs.
prior year[3]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates
(Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %≤5 / ≤5
Proficient %– / –
PR. Proficient %11.9 / 48.2
Not Proficient %74.3 / 27.2
Average test scores
SAT Total965.4
(Decrease −10.4)

Students at Renaissance must take seven courses a semester and complete 200 community service hours in order to graduate. Although students take only six courses a day, their schedules rotate to accomplish the seven course requirement. One way that the school provides for students to fulfill the 200-hour service requirement is through its JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) program.

Admissions

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Admission to the school is selective. Originally, 8th and 9th grade students from public and private schools took a proficiency exam before admission. A combination of a student's grades in middle school or junior high and the exam score determined school admission. This policy was changed in 1994 to let transfer students attend the school, although they must fulfill the same graduation requirements as other students. In 2006, over 75% of the student body was African-American. Renaissance opened in 1978 with first-year ("freshman") and second-year ("sophomore") students. Its first four-year graduating class received their diplomas in June 1982.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Renaissance High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Resource: Renaissance High School (Detroit, MI)". Davidson Institute for Talent Development. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "MI School Data Annual Education Report". Mi School Data. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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