Academy for Business and Technology High School

Academy for Business and Technology High School is a low-enrollment senior high in MELVINDALE, Michigan, one of the schools within Academy for Business and Technology. The school hosts 231 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

Academy for Business and Technology runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 487 students. Academy for Business and Technology High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Academy for Business and Technology High School logs that nearly all students (91%) are Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Academy for Business and Technology High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Academy for Business and Technology High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Academy for Business and Technology High School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Melvindale High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy for Business and Technology High School.

Academy for Business and Technology High School operates from a commuter-belt location. Academy for Business and Technology High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Academy for Business and Technology High School has ticked down 20%, going from 288 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 31.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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