Correspondence from Rankin to Wolfe Re Supplementary Information on Desegregation Clusters

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April 3, 1972

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- Education
Topic
- School Desegregation
LDF Attorney
- Norman J. Chachkin
Cooperating Attorneys
Organizations
Matter
- Milliken v. Bradley
Case
- Milliken v. Bradley
U.S. state
- Michigan
Collection
- Case Files
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- eb7666fa-52e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0

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Case Files, Milliken Hardbacks. Correspondence from Rankin to Wolfe Re Supplementary Information on Desegregation Clusters, 1972. eb7666fa-52e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/a7ccb0a3-8c21-445d-b6fd-9df79640a48a/correspondence-from-rankin-to-wolfe-re-supplementary-information-on-desegregation-clusters. Accessed October 10, 2025.

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SUBJECT: 
FROM : 
TO ; 
DATE ;

Supplementary Information on Desegregation Clusters 
Stuart C. Rankin

General Superintendent Charles J. Wolfe 
April 3 , 1 9 7 2

The first list used October *71 
and October '70 for other districts, 
for all.

enrollment data for Detroit 
Now we have October '71

Detroit Murray 
Melvindale 

#1 Lincoln Park 
Allen Park 
Southgate

Detroit Southwestern River Rouge 
#2 Wyandotte 

Riverview 
Trenton 
Grosse H e

Detroit Western 
Van Buren 
Ecorse 
Taylor

// 3 Woodhaven 
Romulus 
Huron 
Gibralter 
Flat Rock

Total %
enrollment Minori

8 , 2 6 8 8 1 . 2
5 , 5 7 4 3 .9

1 2 , 2 1 7 3 . 1
6 , 5 2 2 1 . 7
5 , 6 1 3 2 . 1

3 8 , 1 9 4 1 9 . 7

1 1 , 0 2 8 5 1 . 1
3 , 8 5 8 4 6 . 4
8 , 4 0 3 0 . 8
3 , 6 6 5 1 . 1
6 , 9 1 8 0 .6
2 , 3 4 3 0 . 7

3 6 , 2 2 1 2 1 . 0

1 1 , 3 1 4 6 1 . 0
7 , 0 8 7 5 . 4
4 , 3 4 1 5 8 . 3

2 0 , 0 0 4 3 . 1
1 , 3 3 3 3 .4
5 , 4 5 0 1 8 . 7
2 , 2 3 4 2 . 1
2 , 9 3 2 0 .5
2 , 2 0 0 1 . 3

5 7 , 0 2 0 2 0 o 4

-y
Minority

Enrollment
6 , 7 1 7

215
381
110
118

7 , 5 4 1

5 , 6 3 3
1 , 7 8 9

69
40
41

____17
7 , 5 8 9

6 , 9 0 5  
3 S 3 

2 , 5 3 0  
630

48 
1 , 0 1 7

49 
14

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1 1 , 6 0 5

appendix D



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-  2 -

Cluster

#4

#5

#6

# 7

Total % Minority
Enrollment Minority Enr oilmen'

Detroit Chadsey 5,975 42.8 2,560Westwood 5 ,120 36.9 1,887Inkster L ,624 8 5.9 ' 3,972Wayne 22,514- 1.3 289Cherry Hill 5 ,127 1.3 66
43,360 20.2 8 ,774

Detroit Northwestern 14,308 99.8 14,278Crestwood 5,282 0.7 39
Dearborn 21,634 1.2 2 5SDearborn Heights 5,626 2.3 132
Fairiane 1,188 0.1 1
Garden City 13,853 1.1 149
North Dearborn Hts. 2 ,765 1.0 28

64,656 23.0 14,883

Detroit Mackenzie 20,745 97.5 20,232
Detroit Cody 16,056 17.1 2 ,743
Northville 3 ,120 '0.5 15
Plymouth 9,300 0.6 S3
Livonia 38,105 0.8 298
Redford Union 9,677 0.4 41
South Redford 7,883 0.4 31

104,886 22.3 23,413

Detroit Central 12,746 99 . 8 12,725
Ferndale 8,376 10.6 885
Oak Park 5,867 10.3 607
Berkley 8 ,404 0.7 56
Southfield 16,346 0.8 125

51,739 27.8 14,398



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Cluster Total
Enrollment

0,'O
Minority

Minority
Enrollment

#8
. Detroit Cooley 
Detroit Redfora 
Clarenceville 
Farmington 
Novi

19,200 
15,534 
3,918 

16,339 
1,712 
56,703

82.8 
5.5 
0.7 
0.7 
1.1 
29.8

15,896
851

- 26 
113 
19

16,905

£9

Detroit Mumford 
Detroit Ford 
Bloomfield Hills 
West Bloomfield 
Walled Lake 
Avondale

12 ,115 
10,705 
9,438 
4,772 

10,303 
• 3,906 

51,239

95.4
31.7 
1.0 
0.8 
1.1 
1.0
29.7

11,560
3,398

93
36

110
41

15,238

n o
Detroit Northern 
Highland Park 
Hazel Park 
Royal Oak 
Birmingham

8 ,929 
7 ,837 
7,985 

19,267 
17,520 
61,538

99.6 
80.9 
0.8 
0.5 
0 . 6 

25.2

8 ,890 
6,344 

63 
96 

106 
15,499

n i
Detroit Pershing
Hamtramck
Madison Heights
Lamphere
Clawson
Troy

14,672 
3,044 
4 ,708 
5,875 
4,996 
5,953 

39,248

68.9
31.9 
1.4 
1.0 
0.4 
0.2

28.6

10,109 
972 
65 
6 0 
18 
14

11,23811,238



Cluster

#12

#13

#14

#15

#16

Total % MinorityEnrollment Minority Enrollmen
Pontiac 24,478 3 5.5 8 , 6 9 SHolly 3 ,413 3.1 105Brandon 1,813 0.9 1 £Waterford 18 ,317 1.3 2M-2Lake Orion 5,378 1.0 5 3Oxford 2,817 0.5Rochester 8,378 0.3 2 6Clarkston 6,485 0.9 59Huron Valley 6,949 0 . 5 3 4South Lyon 3 ,152 1.3 42

81.160 11.4 9,290

Detroit Kettering 17,966 93.5 16,797Utica 20,073 0.5 108Warren 29,995 0.9 283
68,034 25.3 17 ,188

Detroit Northeastern 10,286 89. 2 9,177Detroit Osborn 11,962 23.5 2,806Van Dyke 7 ,192 1.2 86Warren Woods 8,958 0.4 37Centerline 6,865 1.2 80Fitzgerald 5,374 0.8 4 4
50,637 24.2 12,230

Detroit King 9,802 97.1 9,520Grosse Pointe 13,323 0.3 37Harper Woods 1,981 0 . 3 0East Detroit 12,831 1.1 142
37,937 25.6 9,705

Detroit Southeastern 15,418 82.9 12,782Lake Shore 9,621 0.9 82Lakeview 7,7 51 0.4 31Roseville 14 ,734 2.4 347South Lake 5,306 0 . 6 30
52,830 25.1 13,272



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Cluster Total %
Enrollment Minority

Minority
Enrollment

Detroit Finney 
Detroit Denby 

#17 Chippewa Valley
Fraser 
Clintondale

1 5 , 0 9 3 57 . 2 8 , 6 3 3
1 0 , 9 0 6 5 . 8 633

2 , 7 8 9 0 . 6 - 17
7 , 304 0 . 5 34
4 , 9 9 8 8 . 9 447

4 1 , 0 9 0 23 . 8 9 , 7 6 4

Mt. Clemens 
Anchor Bay 
Richmond 
Romeo

#18 L'Anse Creuse
Armada 
New Haven

6 , 9 0 1 2 2 . 2 1 , 5 3 0
2 , 6 9 9 co o 81
1 , 8 5 0 0 . 5 9
3 , 7 9 8 2 . 6 100
7 , 6 3 5 1 . 2 94
1 , 5 0 0 2 . 1 32
1 , 7 5 2 2 2 . 3 331

2 6 , 1 3 5 8 . 6 2 , 2 3 7

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Correspondence from Rankin to Wolfe Re Supplementary Information on Desegregation Clusters

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