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===Primary and secondary schools=== Dearborn residents, along with a small portion of [[Dearborn Heights, Michigan|Dearborn Heights]] residents, attend [[Dearborn Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dearbornschools.org/|title=Dearborn Public Schools|publisher=Dearborn Public Schools|access-date=August 25, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009043854/https://dearbornschools.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> The system operates 34 schools, including the major high schools [[Fordson High School]], [[Dearborn High School]], and [[Edsel Ford High School]]. The public schools serve more than 18,000 students in the fourth-largest district in the state. [[Divine Child High School]] and Elementary School are [[private schools]] in Dearborn; the high school is the largest private coed high school in the area. [[Henry Ford Academy]] is a charter high school inside [[The Henry Ford|Greenfield Village]] and the Henry Ford Museum. Another charter secondary school is Advanced Technology Academy. Dearborn Schools operated the Clara B. Ford High School inside Vista Maria, a non-profit residential treatment agency for girls in Dearborn Heights. [[Clara B. Ford High School]] became a charter school in the 2007β08 school year. A small portion of the city limits is within the [[Westwood Community School District (Michigan)|Westwood Community School District]].<ref>"[http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/Schools/SD_esize_Westwood%20Community%20Schools.pdf Westwood Community Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009043852/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/Schools/SD_esize_Westwood%20Community%20Schools.pdf |date=October 9, 2024 }}." [[Michigan Department of Information Technology]] Center for Geographic Information. Retrieved on May 4, 2017.</ref> The sections of Dearborn within the district are zoned for industrial and commercial uses.<ref>"[http://www.cityofdearborn.org/documents/city-departments/city-plan/1925-zoning-map/file Zoning Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225052210/http://cityofdearborn.org/documents/city-departments/city-plan/1925-zoning-map/file |date=2016-12-25 }}." City of Dearborn. Retrieved on May 4, 2017.</ref> The [[Islamic Center of America]] operates the Muslim American Youth Academy (MAYA), an Islamic elementary and middle school. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit]] operates Sacred Heart Elementary School. It previously operated the St. Alphonsus School in Dearborn. In 2003 the archdiocese closed the high school of St. Alphonsus,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stalsalumni.com/schoolhistory.htm |title=School History β St. Alphonsus Schools Alumni Dearborn, MI |publisher=Stalsalumni.com |access-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102212418/http://www.stalsalumni.com/schoolhistory.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2016 }}</ref> and in 2005 closed the St. Alphonsus elementary school.<ref name="Prattclose0">Pratt, Chastity, Patricia Montemurri, and Lori Higgins. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google Parents, kids scramble as education options narrow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721105752/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1814901451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+17%2C+2005&author=CHASTITY+PRATT%3B+PATRICIA+MONTEMURRI%3B+LORI+HIGGINS&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=PARENTS%2C+KIDS+SCRAMBLE+AS+EDUCATION+OPTIONS+NARROW&pqatl=google |date=2013-07-21 }}." ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. March 17, 2005. A1 News. Retrieved on April 30, 2011. "School closings announced Wednesday by the Archdiocese of Detroit doomed eight high schools in Detroit and neighboring suburbs and will shutter 10 elementary schools, including historic landmarks such as St. Alphonsus Elementary in Dearborn and St. Florian Elementary in Hamtramck."</ref> [[Global Educational Excellence]] operates multiple [[charter schools in the United States|charter schools]] in Dearborn: Riverside Academy Early Childhood Center, Riverside Academy East Campus (K-5), and Riverside Academy West Campus (6β12).<ref>"[http://www.gee-edu.com/gee-academies/ GEE Academies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908024800/http://www.gee-edu.com/gee-academies/ |date=2015-09-08 }}." [[Global Educational Excellence]]. Retrieved on September 1, 2015.</ref> Dearborn Christian School closed in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wisely, John|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/|title=200 private schools have closed in Michigan in the last decade|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=May 28, 2019|access-date=May 2, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040341/https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/05/28/michigan-private-schools-closing-catholic/3757380002/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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