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If you had an hour of school board time for Bates Academy, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
773
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT·NCES 260110307481
Bates Academy
19701 WYOMING ST, DETROIT, MI 48221 · (313) 494-7000 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL773 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
472 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (99).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
61.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bates Academy
Bates Academy's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Academy this school | 773 | 61.1% | 62.5% |
| Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies DETROIT | 715 | 66.4% | 42.9% |
| Adlai Stevenson Elementary School SOUTHFIELD | 527 | 65.5% | 31.0% |
| Detroit Edison Public School Academy DETROIT | 901 | 74.0% | 44.7% |
| Alice M Birney K8 School SOUTHFIELD | 452 | 62.8% | N/A |
| University Preparatory Science and Math Elementary DETROIT | 476 | 70.8% | 23.3% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bates Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #164 of 1,085 | #18 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #199 of 1,072 | #23 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #87 of 1,139 | #10 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 773 | #30 of 1,630 | #14 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,202 of 1,424 | #226 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.8% | #1,419 of 1,424 | #278 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #683 of 1,563 | #208 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #191 of 440 | #41 of 91 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
773
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 21.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 773 | 42.1 | 18.4:1 | 61% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 42.1 | 18.6:1 | 52% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 40.4 | 18.7:1 | 58% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 37 | 21.3:1 | 55% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 35 | 20.1:1 | 63% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bates Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (704 to 773); teachers up 20% (35 to 42.1).
About Bates Academy
Bates Academy is a large elementary school serving families in DETROIT, Michigan. It serves 773 students in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students.
Detroit Public Schools Community District enrolls 48,448 students, and its 103 schools include Bates Academy.
The large majority of students at Bates Academy, 100%, are Black. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 37%. Bates Academy has a diversity index of 1%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Bates Academy, 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Roughly 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Bates Academy is A. Compared with Michigan public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 39.2%. Bates Academy posts 62.5%, 23.2 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wayne County show that median household income is about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 573 public schools in Wayne County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,786.
Of nearby public schools, MacDowell Preparatory Academy is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
NCES assigns Bates Academy the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 787 in 2020-21 to 773 in 2024-25, a change of 14 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.3:1 to 18.4:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Bates Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- MacDowell Preparatory Academy0.3 mi · 362
- Tri County Educational Center0.9 mi · 348
- Pasteur Elementary School1.0 mi · 310
- Vernor Elementary School1.0 mi · 340
- Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology1.0 mi · 374
- David Ellis Academy1.1 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Bates AcademyHow large is Bates Academy?
Bates Academy enrolls approximately 773 students in grades PK-08.
Is Bates Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bates Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Bates Academy have?
Bates Academy employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bates Academy?
At Bates Academy, the student body is approximately 0% Hispanic, 100% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Bates Academy in?
Bates Academy is part of Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.