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Clara B. Ford Academy is a charter school located in the city of
Dearborn Heights, Michigan Dearborn Heights is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 63,292 at the 2020 census., Dearborn Heights is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, and is considered a bedroom community. History Dearborn Heig ...
. The school is located at 20651 West Warren Avenue. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd ran a Detroit area outreach program for young women and in the 1930s began fundraising with the Salvation Army for a large campus. The automaker
Henry Ford Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that ...
and his wife, Clara B. Ford, donated 50 acres of land. The residential school opened in 1942 as part of the
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facility. By the 1980s the facility had evolved into a lay-run "residential treatment and detention facility for young women, placed ere by the court". The school has grades 5 - 12Schools/Facilities by Public School Academy District
Michigan Department of Education and serves about 170 students at any time but 450 individuals in a school year. For some years Clara B. Ford was operated by the
Dearborn School District The Dearborn Public Schools is a school district that includes the entire city of Dearborn, Michigan and a small portion of Dearborn Heights, both in Greater Detroit. Dearborn Public Schools is the third largest school district in Michigan, servi ...
although it is located in Dearborn Heights.


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List of public school academy districts in Michigan This is a complete listing of Public School Academy (PSA), or charter school districts in the state of Michigan.Public D ...


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Clara B. Ford Academy
Public middle schools in Michigan Public high schools in Michigan Charter schools in Michigan 1942 establishments in Michigan Dearborn Heights, Michigan {{Michigan-school-stub