Cass Technical High School

What Cass Technical High School does

Cass Technical High School is a public technical high school located in Detroit, Michigan, operating under the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). The school delivers secondary education to Detroit-area students, combining traditional academic coursework with specialized technical programs and college/career readiness pathways including dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, and skilled-trade tracks. As one of approximately 23 high schools within DPSCD's network of 106 schools serving roughly 50,000 students, Cass Technical is part of a large urban public education system.

The school's core instructional technology infrastructure is delivered through the district-wide One-to-One Student Technology Initiative, which equips every DPSCD student with a learning device — iPads for Pre-K through 2nd grade and laptops for grades 3 through 12, with warranty and accidental protection coverage. Productivity and collaboration tools are provided through Microsoft Office 365 for Education, encompassing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Sway, and Teams. The school also participates in district-level programs such as Fine and Performing Arts, Health Hubs, Cultural Passport field trips, and Career & Technical Education pathways.

Cass Technical High School operates as a public, government-funded institution. There is no tuition or direct cost to families; funding flows from state allocations, local property taxes, and federal grants. Enrollment is managed through DPSCD's centralized enrollment process, with selective-admission examination high schools such as Cass Technical requiring admissions testing for 9th-grade entry. The institution is led at the district level by Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti, whose contract extends through June 2028.

Name

Cass Technical High School

Legal name

Cass Technical High School

Website

https://detroitk12.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cass Technical High School is a public technical high school in Detroit, Michigan, operated by the Detroit Public Schools Community District, serving local students with academic and specialized technical programs funded by public sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD), Public Magnet & Specialty Schools (STEM/Arts/IB/CTE) (EDAJAAAF)

Keywords

• Public secondary education
• Technical high school
• Career technical education
• College readiness programs
• STEM curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Detroit

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

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Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cass Technical High School is a public technical high school in Detroit, Michigan, operated by the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD). It delivers grades 9–12 academic instruction combined with career and technical education (CTE) pathways, dual-enrollment and Advanced Placement coursework, and fine and performing arts programs. The school serves Detroit resident students at no direct cost to families, preparing them for both college and skilled-trade careers as part of the district's specialized examination-school offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Career and Technical Education (CTE) Pathways District-wide structured programs that give high school students hands-on training in skilled trades and technical fields alongside their standard academic course load, designed to prepare them for industry careers or further credentialing.
• Fine and Performing Arts Program District-wide arts curriculum pathway covering music, visual arts, theater, and other performing arts disciplines, available to students at Cass Tech and other designated DPSCD schools.
• Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual-Enrollment Courses College-level coursework offered to DPSCD high school students, enabling them to earn college credit while completing their high school diploma and supporting college and career readiness.
• Examination High School Admissions Program Selective admissions process used by DPSCD for examination-designated high schools, including Cass Technical High School, requiring 9th-grade applicants to take an admissions test before enrollment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduation rates have risen by nine percentage points since the pandemic
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature1 record

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Broad incumbents

• Boston Latin School: Historic public examination high school; useful peer for understanding selective public high school operations, governance, and outcome trajectories in an urban district context.
• Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology: Premier public magnet/specialty high school with a STEM/CTE focus and selective admissions; provides a national benchmark for what a top-tier public technical high school can achieve on outcomes and reputation.
• Stuyvesant High School: Nationally prominent public examination high school; comparable selective-admissions model and STEM/advanced-course concentration, though located in NYC and operating in a very different district context.

Direct peers

• Southeastern High School: DPSCD high school peer with overlapping college/career readiness programming; useful for benchmarking outcomes and program offerings within the same district.
• Osborn High School: Another DPSCD secondary peer; comparable in funding model, student demographic, and reliance on the district's centralized enrollment and enrichment programs.
• Henry Ford High School: DPSCD peer high school serving Detroit students with similar CTE-style offerings and district-wide access to One-to-One Technology and arts pathways.
• Detroit Renaissance High School: The other DPSCD examination high school; directly comparable public magnet/selective high school within the same district, serving a similar Detroit student pool with college-prep and specialized programming.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School: Another DPSCD high school serving the same Detroit catchment with similar CTE and college-readiness pathways, sharing the same funding model and district programs as Cass Tech.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Detroitk12
• Instagraminstagram.com/detroitk12
• Xx.com/Detroitk12
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cass-technical-high-school-10

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M&A

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