The top reported proficiency rate is 29% in English language arts. The lowest is 5% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Lincolnking Adams Young School Grove Campus
LincolnKing Adams Young School Grove Campus is a public charter high school serving grades nine through twelve on Detroit's west side, on Grove Street in the 48235 zip code. It operates under the Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy, a charter authorized by Grand Valley State University's Board of Trustees. The academy began operation in July 2021 with a five-year charter contract running through mid-2026, making this a relatively young school organization still in its first authorization cycle. The Grove Campus is one of three campuses the academy operates across Detroit.
The school serves a student body of roughly five hundred, almost entirely African American, with nearly all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is evenly distributed across the four high school grades, with a slight tapering in the senior class. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those population shares are unknown here.
Academic assessment results are available, but they come from the 2021-22 school year and cover grades six through eight, which are below the school's current nine-through-twelve grade band. This likely reflects the academy's early configuration when it first opened, before it settled into a high school model. In those middle-grade results, math proficiency was very low in sixth grade and rose across seventh and eighth. English language arts followed a similar upward trajectory, with eighth-grade results the strongest of the group. Science and social studies results for eighth grade were also low, with social studies particularly weak. Participation rates were strong across all tested grades and subjects where reported. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers have shifted since the school moved to its current high school configuration.
Measured against districts in Wayne County, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint. This positions it in the lower portion of the county's distribution, though the county is large and includes a wide range of districts. A parent may want to ask the school directly about current high school performance, since the available state testing data predates the grade reconfiguration.
No graduation rate, chronic absenteeism rate, discipline data, course access information, or staffing figures were available for this campus. The absence of a graduation rate is consistent with the school's recent founding and the possibility that it has not yet completed a full high school cycle. A parent considering this school should ask the administration about graduation outcomes and postsecondary placement, since those results are not yet reflected in public reporting.
The surrounding neighborhood sits in a part of Detroit where housing values are well below both state and national benchmarks, and typical rents are modest relative to most metropolitan areas. Home values in this zip code have been declining slightly year over year, while rents have ticked upward. This is a neighborhood where housing is relatively accessible in cost terms, though the broader context of decades of disinvestment and population loss in Detroit's outer residential areas is part of the picture.
Detroit itself is a major urban center, historically anchored by the automotive industry, with General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis all maintaining a Metro Detroit presence. The city has seen renewed population growth recently, with immigration and new housing development driving modest gains, and major projects like the Hudson's site redevelopment and the Gordie Howe International Bridge underway. Walkability concentrates downtown and in Midtown, while outer neighborhoods where many schools are located remain more car-dependent. Cultural institutions like the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Riverwalk cluster in and near the downtown core, separate from the residential areas where schools like this one operate.
This is a young, small charter high school serving a predominantly low-income African American student population in a working-class Detroit neighborhood. The available academic data is limited and drawn from an earlier grade configuration, so parents would need to look to the school directly for current high school outcomes, graduation results, and program offerings before drawing a full picture.
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