American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary

Set in WESTLAND, Michigan, American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary is a cozy junior high, operated by American Montessori Academy. It educates 289 students across grades 2 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in American Montessori Academy (441 students total), American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 58%; the rest breaks down as 25% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.3%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Franklin High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. American Montessori Academy Upper Elementary 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 expanded 4%: 278 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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