DPS -- Detroit Public Schools

Teacher Salary and Benefits

Detroit Public Schools has more than 50,000 students and three thousand teachers. The tables below display teacher salaries for the entire state of Michigan, due to more localized data not being available. The data is obtained from multiple sources. Note: The information provided below is for informational purposes only, for official information please contact the school district directly.

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Michigan Teacher Salary Details

Since more localized data is unavailable, the table below details the average salary for teachers, which is sourced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the state of Michigan. There can be wide variations in salary, which can be attributed to experience or education levels, for example teachers with master's in education degrees may get a higher salary.

 Average SalarySalary Range
Preschool Teacher$36,660$27,280-$49,950
Kindergarten Teacher$61,980$39,480 - $82,960
Elementary School Teacher$66,130$44,810 - $85,560
Middle School Teacher$64,880$39,110 - $96,110
High School Teacher$66,840$40,980 - $93,840
PE Teacher$50,970$22,560 - $87,220

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2022, State of Michigan, SOC Codes: 25-2011, 25-2012, 25-2021, 25-2022, 25-2031, 27-2022, 25-3098, 25-9041

Special Education Teacher Salary

The table below lists the average salary for special education teachers in Michigan.

 Average SalarySalary Range
Special Ed. (Preschool)$36,660$27,280-$49,950
Special Ed. (Kindergarten & Elementary)$64,910$38,750 - $84,340

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2022, State of Michigan, SOC Codes: 25-2051, 25-2052, 25-2053, 25-2054

School Administrators and Staff Salary

See average salary details on school administrators and support staff for the state of Michigan below.

 Average SalarySalary Range
School Administrators (Preschool)$47,450$32,280-$60,590
School Administrators (Elementary, Middle, & High School)$98,890$63,880 - $129,810
Guidance & School Counselors$58,800$38,160 - $84,780

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2022, State of Michigan, SOC Codes: 11-9031,11-9032,21-1012,25-4021

Employee and Teacher Benefits (Estimated)

The estimated value of administrator and teacher benefits provided by Detroit Public Schools is listed below. These estimates are calculated from the figures obtained from the NCES Finance Survey (2012).

 DistrictMichigan
Teachers & Aides$25,104$27,285
Administrators$13,824$15,231

Source: Local Education Agency (School District) Finance Survey (F-33) Data (2012)

Detroit Public Schools Jobs and Careers

The following tables outlines the number of teachers, administrators, and support staff that are employed by Detroit Public Schools. This information is obtained through a self reported survey provided by the NCES Universe Survey.

Total Number of Teachers Employed

Total number of teachers employed by Detroit Public Schools per grade classification is displayed below.

 201220132014
Total Teachers4,2043,1423,084
Preschool Teachers184188202
Kindergarten Teachers-2139
Elementary School Teachers1,9611,5271,341
Middle & High School Teachers773523516
Teachers for Classes w/o Grade Levels1,286902886

Source: National Center For Education Statistics (NCES), CCD Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey 2014

Instructional Supervisors, Coordinators, and Teaching Assistants

Total number of instructional supervisors, coordinators, and teaching assistant jobs are listed in the table below.

 201220132014
Teaching Assistants1,2791,1201,080

Source: National Center For Education Statistics (NCES), CCD Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey 2014

District and School Administrators and Support Staff

Total number of school administrators and support staff that work for Detroit Public Schools are shown in the table below.

 201220132014
Total Administrators & Staff2,6662,6662,679
District Administrators196171167
District Support Staff91415
School Administrators299434423
School Administrative Support Staff476380372
Student Support Staff589408434
Other Support Staff1,4361,2591,268
Library Assistants & Technicians-1312
Guidance Counselors13610399
Elementary School Guidance Counselors495250
Middle & High School Guidance Counselors875049

Detroit Public Schools Schools

According to the 2014 NCES school district survey, Detroit Public Schools manages 97 schools. These schools along with their contact information are listed below. See more information about each school by clicking on the name.

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Teaching in Detroit

School Grades Full-Time Teachers Students
Academy of the Americas
5680 Konkel St
Detroit MI 48210
(313) 596-7640
PK-8 34 678
Bagley Elementary School
8100 Curtis St
Detroit MI 48221
(313) 494-7175
PK-6 22 348
Barbara Jordan Elementary School
3901 Margareta St
Detroit MI 48221
(313) 494-7300
PK-8 32 474
Bates Academy
19701 Wyoming St
Detroit MI 48221
(313) 494-7000
PK-8 41 814
Bennett Elementary School
2111 Mullane St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-3585
PK-5 25 410
Blackwell Institute School
9330 Shoemaker St
Detroit MI 48213
(313) 866-4391
PK-8 23 378
Bow Elementary School
19801 Prevost St
Detroit MI 48235
(313) 852-0500
PK-8 30 454
Brewer Elementary School
18025 Brock St
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-0404
PK-8 31 517
Brown, Ronald Academy
11530 East Outer Dr
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 886-2611
PK-6 42 653
Bunche Elementary School
2715 Macomb St
Detroit MI 48207
(313) 494-8350
PK-8 39 473
Burton International School
2001 Martin Luther King Jr. Bl
Detroit MI 48208
(313) 596-3800
PK-8 34 545
Carleton Elementary School
11724 Casino St
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 866-8322
PK-5 21 306
Carstens Elementary School
13000 Essex Ave
Detroit MI 48215
(313) 866-5500
PK-8 33 495
Carver Elementary School
18701 Paul St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 240-6622
PK-8 23 311
Cass Technical High School
2501 2nd Ave
Detroit MI 48201
(313) 263-2000
9-12 99 2,305
Charles R. Drew Transition Center
9600 Wyoming St
Detroit MI 48204
(313) 873-6880
Not Available 60 219
Chrysler Elementary School
1445 East Lafayette St
Detroit MI 48207
(313) 494-8440
KG-5 8 173
Clark Elementary School
15755 Bremen St
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 417-9340
PK-8 42 726
Clemente, Roberto Academy
1551 Beard St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-3489
PK-5 43 684
Clippert Academy
1981 Mckinstry St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-5009
5-8 21 497
Cody Academy of Public Leadership
18445 Cathedral St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 866-9200
9-12 24 356
Communication and Media Arts High School
14771 Mansfield St
Detroit MI 48227
(313) 866-9300
9-12 25 608
Cooke Elementary School
18800 Puritan St
Detroit MI 48223
(313) 494-7458
PK-6 21 339
Davis Aerospace High School
900 Dickerson St
Detroit MI 48215
(313) 866-5401
9-12 19 172
Davison Elementary School
2800 East Davison St
Detroit MI 48212
(313) 252-3118
PK-8 39 674
Detroit Institute of Technology at Cody School
18445 Cathedral St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 866-9200
9-12 24 317
Detroit International Academy for Young Women
9026 Woodward Ave
Detroit MI 48202
(313) 873-3050
PK-12 37 465
Detroit Lions Alternative Education School
10101 East Canfield St
Detroit MI 48214
(313) 852-9677
6-8 8 113
Detroit School of Arts
123 Selden St
Detroit MI 48201
(313) 494-6000
9-12 35 539
Dixon Elementary School
8401 Trinity St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 947-1330
PK-8 37 732
Dossin Elementary School
16650 Glendale St
Detroit MI 48227
(313) 866-9390
PK-8 20 386
Douglass Academy
2001 West Warren Ave
Detroit MI 48208
(313) 596-3555
6-12 33 246
Dr. Benjamin Carson School for Science and Medicin
571 Mack Ave
Detroit MI 48201
(313) 494-1805
9-11 20 355
Durfee Elementary School
2470 Collingwood St
Detroit MI 48206
(313) 252-3070
PK-8 38 593
Earhart Elementary-Middle School
1000 Scotten St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-3945
PK-8 42 744
East English Village Preparatory Academy
17200 Southampton St
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 873-0655
9-12 61 1,556
Edison Elementary School
17045 Grand River Ave
Detroit MI 48227
(313) 852-1066
PK-5 18 281
Edward (duke) Ellington Conservatory Of Music / Art School
9860 Park Dr
Detroit MI 48213
(313) 852-8500
PK-8 41 697
Emerson Elementary School
18240 Huntington Rd
Detroit MI 48219
(313) 831-9689
PK-8 38 683
Field, Moses School
1100 Sheridan St
Detroit MI 48214
(313) 866-5790
PK-8 16 97
Foreign Language Immersion School
6501 West Outer Dr
Detroit MI 48235
(313) 651-2400
KG-8 33 726
Gardner Elementary School
6528 Mansfield St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 581-4615
PK-5 18 252
Garvey Academy
2301 Van Dyke St
Detroit MI 48214
(313) 866-7400
PK-8 31 430
Golightly Education Center School
5536 Saint Antoine St
Detroit MI 48202
(313) 494-2538
PK-8 26 395
Gompers Elementary School
14450 Burt Rd
Detroit MI 48223
(313) 494-7495
PK-8 41 836
Greenfield Union Elementary School
420 West 7 Mile Rd
Detroit MI 48203
(313) 866-2999
PK-8 25 329
Harms Elementary School
2400 Central St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-3492
PK-5 30 462
Heilmann Park Middle School
15491 Maddelein St
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-7233
5-8 30 559
Heilmann School
15510 East State Fair St
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 642-4854
PK-4 40 531
Henderson Academy
16101 West Chicago St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 852-0512
PK-8 45 781
Holmes, A.l. Elementary School
8950 Crane St
Detroit MI 48213
(313) 866-5644
PK-8 34 513
Hutchinson Elementary School
2600 Garland
Detroit MI 48214
(313) 866-4169
PK-8 32 502
Jerry L White School
14804 West Mcnichols Rd
Detroit MI 48235
(313) 416-4200
9-12 31 227
Keidan Special Education School
4441 Collingwood St
Detroit MI 48204
(313) 873-9400
PK-8 26 143
Kettering West Wing School
5020 Cadieux Rd
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 347-7280
9-12 13 106
King High School
3200 East Lafayette St
Detroit MI 48207
(313) 494-7373
9-12 67 1,530
King, John R. Academic and Performing Arts Academy
15850 Strathmoor St
Detroit MI 48227
(313) 866-9600
PK-8 44 915
Ludington Magnet Middle School
19051 Berg Rd
Detroit MI 48219
(313) 494-7549
5-8 27 452
Mackenzie Elementary-Middle School
10147 West Chicago
Detroit MI 48204
(313) 416-6400
PK-8 52 958
Mann Elementary School
19625 Elmira St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 866-9580
PK-5 22 353
Mark Twain Elementary School
12800 Visger St
Detroit MI 48217
(313) 386-5530
PK-8 17 227
Marquette Elementary School
6145 Canyon St
Detroit MI 48236
(313) 417-9360
PK-8 44 765
Marshall, Thurgood Elementary School
15531 Linwood St
Detroit MI 48238
(313) 494-8820
PK-7 34 470
Mason Elementary School
19955 Fenelon St
Detroit MI 48234
(313) 866-3600
PK-8 35 567
Maybury Elementary School
4410 Porter St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-2014
PK-4 19 301
Medicine and Community Health Academy at Cody
18445 Cathedral St
Detroit MI 48228
(313) 866-9200
9-12 29 432
Munger Elementary-Middle School
5525 Martin
Detroit MI 48216
(313) 873-0655
PK-8 48 801
Neinas Elementary School
6021 Mcmillan St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-3701
PK-5 23 283
Nichols Elementary School
3000 Burns St
Detroit MI 48214
(313) 852-0800
KG-8 19 252
Noble Elementary School
8646 Fullerton St
Detroit MI 48238
(313) 873-0377
PK-8 39 547
Northwestern High School
6050 Linwood St
Detroit MI 48208
(313) 596-0700
9-12 37 617
Northwestern South Wing
2200 West Grand Blvd
Detroit MI 48208
(313) 596-0700
9-12 3 19
Osborn Academy of Mathematics
11600 East 7 Mile Rd
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-0343
9-12 23 337
Osborn College Preparatory Academy
11600 East 7 Mile Rd
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-0343
9-12 17 265
Osborn Evergreen Academy of Design and Alternative
11600 East 7 Mile Rd
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-0343
9-12 22 269
Pasteur Elementary School
19811 Stoepel St
Detroit MI 48221
(313) 494-7314
PK-6 27 365
Priest Elementary School
7840 Wagner St
Detroit MI 48210
(313) 849-3705
PK-8 50 725
Pulaski Elementary School
19725 Strasburg St
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-7022
PK-8 26 474
Renaissance High School
6565 West Outer Dr
Detroit MI 48235
(313) 416-4600
9-12 55 1,156
Robeson Academy
2585 Grove St
Detroit MI 48221
(313) 494-8100
KG-8 21 412
Schulze Elementary School
10700 Santa Maria St
Detroit MI 48221
(313) 340-4400
PK-8 43 696
Spain Elementary School
3700 Beaubien St
Detroit MI 48201
(313) 494-2081
PK-8 34 588
Thirkell Elementary School
7724 14th St
Detroit MI 48206
(313) 596-0990
PK-6 27 498
Turning Point Academy
12300 Linnhurst St
Detroit MI 48205
(313) 866-2200
KG-12 17 85
Vernor Elementary School
13726 Pembroke Ave
Detroit MI 48235
(313) 494-7342
PK-6 18 247
Wayne Elementary School
10633 Courville St
Detroit MI 48224
(313) 866-0400
PK-5 20 285
Webber Middle School
4700 Tireman St
Detroit MI 48204
(313) 596-4750
PK-8 32 397
West Side Academy Alternative Education
4701 Mckinley
Detroit MI 48208
(313) 456-8000
9-12 26 538
Western International High School
1500 Scotten St
Detroit MI 48209
(313) 849-4758
9-12 67 1,542
Wright, Charles School
19299 Berg Rd
Detroit MI 48219
(313) 538-3024
PK-4 31 464
Young, Coleman A. Elementary School
15771 Hubbell St
Detroit MI 48227
(313) 852-0725
PK-5 30 428

Teaching in Redford

School Grades Full-Time Teachers Students
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet Middle School
7635 Chatham
Redford MI 48239
(313) 274-8560
PK-8 25 431