AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning

Set in DETROIT, Michigan, AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning is a medium-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District. It caters to 401 students across grades pre-K through 8.

AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning is one of 103 schools operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, a district that educates 48,448 students overall.

In terms of who attends, AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning shows that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning is one.

Covenant High School East is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. AL Holmes Academy of Blended Learning's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 401). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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