American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary

American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary is a small middle school in WESTLAND, Michigan, administered by American Montessori Academy. It reported 289 students in grades 2 through 8 in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 42% below the 502-student average for middle schools in Michigan.

American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary falls under American Montessori Academy, which has 2 schools enrolling 441 students.

Black students are 58% of those enrolled at American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary. Next come 25% White, 10% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 37% Black among all Wayne County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.

American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary has 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Michigan. The school has 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Michigan public middle schools.

American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.7% is 3.6 points below the 39.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

For the population of Wayne County, median household income comes to about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Wayne County counts 573 public schools with about 259,786 students.

American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary's nearest public school is Franklin High School (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.5%; American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary's is 35.7%, ranking 5th of 7.

For locale, NCES codes American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary as Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 289, from 339 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.6:1 in 2020-21, and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.

This page is set up for the American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.