Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

LincolnKing AdamsYoung 68, Detroit, MI

Charter schoolCEP schoolLincolnKing AdamsYoung 68 is a public middle school in Detroit, part of Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy. It enrolled 429 students in 2024-25, with 53.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 429
Teachers (FTE): 8.0
Students per teacher: 53.6
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 7.6 higher than the district figure of 46.0. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school53.6

District46.0

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 17351 Southfield Fwy, Detroit, MI 48235
Phone: (313)522-7602
District: Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy
County: Oakland County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 260113909007

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 381
Reduced-price lunch: 6
Free or reduced-price lunch: 38790.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.