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University Prep Schools (U Prep Schools) is a K-12 charter school system headquartered in the New Center area of Detroit. It has two districts within its system: University Preparatory Academy (UPA) and University Prep Science & Math (UPSM).


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History

U Prep Schools was established by Robert "Bob" Thompson, a philanthropist who is from Hillsdale County, Michigan. The first senior class of U Prep Schools graduated in 2007. Thompson previously attempted to give $200 million to Detroit Public Schools (DPS) in exchange for it establishing 15 charter schools, but DPS rejected the offer. Instead Bob and his wife Ellen Thompson, both white, spent $15 million in establishing the system, in Detroit which is 83% black.

In 2013 the coalition Excellent Schools Detroit ranked Detroit elementary and middle schools by Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) performance. The following U Prep schools were in the recommended section of the list: University Preparatory Academy Middle School, University Preparatory Academy Mark Murray Elementary, and University Preparatory Science and Math Academy.

In July 2014 U Prep Schools began a program with the Detroit Yacht Club which involved its students taking sailing and swimming courses. An anonymous donor, a member of the club, financed these courses with $100,000 spent for the first year; he stated that he would pay $150,000 per year for additional years.


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Academic performance

As part of the establishment of U Prep, the Thompsons asked the school to retain 90% of its high school students and to have 90% of them attend universities and other post-secondary education. In 2010 the graduation rate was 95% with almost all of the students moving on to tertiary education. 57% of the students in the class of 2007 enrolled in two-year schools as sophomores had attended the same ones as freshmen, while 83% enrolled in four year universities attended the same ones as sophomores that they did as freshmen.

Dan Rather stated in the 2011 program "A National Disgrace" that the test scores in the U Prep school system "are much closer to the Michigan state average" and "many points higher" compared to test scores from Detroit Public Schools (DPS) campuses.


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University Preparatory Academy

Mitch Albom, a columnist of the Detroit Free Press, described the school as "one of the top charter schools in Detroit." African-Americans make up the majority of the school system's students.

Schools within UPA include:

  • Ellen Thompson Elementary School (New Center)
  • Mark Murray Elementary School (New Center)
  • University Prep Academy Middle School (Midtown)
  • University Prep Academy High School (New Center)

The high school, which Albom describes as appearing similar to the campus of a university, has small classrooms. Albom stated that it has "first-rate" teachers.


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University Prep Science & Math

Schools within UPSM include:

  • University Prep Science & Math Elementary School
  • University Prep Science & Math Middle School (Midtown)
  • University Prep Science & Math High School

The high school, which opened in the fall of 2010 with 125 students in the 9th grade, opened in a former warehouse. The former warehouse, bought and renovated jointly by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the Thompson Education Foundation, is in proximity to Chene Park. The Thompson Foundation paid $14.5 million while the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan paid $1.5 million.


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See also

  • List of public school academy districts in Michigan

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References


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Further reading

  • Finley, Nolan. "What Newark got, Detroit turned down" (Archive) (Opinions and Editorial). The Detroit News. September 30, 2010.

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External links

  • University Prep Schools

Source of the article : Wikipedia

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