Blackwell Institute

Blackwell Institute, a tiny intermediate school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, teaches 92 students, covering grades 3 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Blackwell Institute sits 82% leaner than that benchmark.

Detroit Public Schools Community District runs 103 schools in total, collectively educating 48,448 students. Blackwell Institute is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Blackwell Institute logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Blackwell Institute reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Blackwell Institute qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Blackwell Institute is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Covenant High School East, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blackwell Institute.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Blackwell Institute's enrollment has decreased 70% since 2018, when it stood at 304 (now 92). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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