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Achieve Charter Academy
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Achieve Charter Academy
Achieve Charter Academy is one of the big elementary campuss in CANTON, Michigan, run under Achieve Charter Academy, with 771 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 109% bigger than typical.
Achieve Charter Academy sits inside Achieve Charter Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Achieve Charter Academy reports that 48% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 17% White, 11% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 4% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Achieve Charter Academy sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.2%; actual is 70.8%, +17.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Achieve Charter Academy is one.
South Pointe Scholars Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Achieve Charter Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Achieve Charter Academy at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 48.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Achieve Charter Academy 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 776 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 27% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.
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