Bradford Academy

Bradford Academy is a large combined-grade school that serves part of SOUTHFIELD, Michigan. A federal count lists 678 students at the school, in pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Michigan) has about 281 students.

In federal data, the district for Bradford Academy is the school itself.

About 98% of the student body at Bradford Academy is Black. Census estimates put the Black share of Oakland County's population at about 13%. The school's diversity index is 4%, meaning two students picked at random have a 4% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teachers at the school number 48 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. On average, combined schools in Michigan have 17.3:1, compared with 14.1:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 86% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 32% for public schools in Oakland County.

Oakland County census figures show that the median household income is $97,760, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Oakland County is home to 345 public schools and about 169,926 public school students.

The closest other public school is Glenn W Levey Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Bradford Academy is coded as City: Small in federal locale data. Bradford Academy is run as a public charter school.

The 2020-21 count was 1,150 students and the 2024-25 count was 678. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 17.7 in 2020-21.

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