Academy of Warren

As a large primary school in WARREN, Michigan, Academy of Warren educates 817 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Academy of Warren. That puts it 121% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Academy of Warren sits inside Academy of Warren, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Academy of Warren logs that nearly all students (98%) are Black. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Academy of Warren is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is McKinley Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy of Warren.

The school occupies a city-core site. Academy of Warren operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 41%: 578 students in 2018 compared to 817 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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