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Renaissance High School | |
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Address | |
6565 W. Outer Drive Detroit , United States | |
Coordinates | 42°25′05″N 83°11′42″W / 42.4180852°N 83.1949095°W |
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School type | Public, magnet high school |
Motto | "A School for the Mind, A Mind for the Future" |
Established | 1978 |
School district | Detroit Public Schools |
Principal | Verynda Stroughter |
Faculty | 45+ |
Teaching staff | 60.90 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,146 (2022–23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.82[1] |
Color(s) | Maroon and white |
Mascot | Phoenix |
Website | detroitk12.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.