Communication & Media Arts High School (CMA) is a school of choice and part of Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Public Schools

Detroit Public Schools is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The student population of the Detroit Public Schools is about 65,971 , which is down about 9.7% from the previous school year. Detroit Public Charter Schools educate an additional 56,000...

 in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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 on 14771 Mansfield in between Grand River and Fenkell. Kim Woo Gray was principal when the school opened in 1992 until her retirement in 2008. CMA has twenty-three full time staff and 512 students. CMA is one of four magnet schools in Detroit, others being (Renaissance High School

Renaissance High School

Renaissance High School is a public high school located within the city of Detroit, Michigan. Renaissance is one of four magnet high schools in the Detroit Public Schools district .Founded in 1978 on the previous site of Catholic Central High School, Renaissance's first...

, Cass Technical High School

Cass Technical High School

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 and Detroit School of Arts

Detroit School of Arts

The Detroit School of Arts, originally known as the Detroit School for the Fine and Performing Arts, is a blue ribbon high school located in Detroit, Michigan....

).

The school

CMA is a highly successful "college" preparatory school.

97% of the class of 2006 graduated on time. 95% went to either a full time college or a trade school, 5% went to the military. The girls volleyball

Volleyball

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 team has won the city championship.
The DPS Board of Education has unsuccessfully attempted to close CMA three times.

Awards

CMA has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report

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as one of the nation’s best high schools.