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Enrollment
424
Middle
DISTRICT 177 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT·NCES 260110307754
Clippert Academy
1981 MCKINSTRY ST, DETROIT, MI 48209 · (313) 849-5009 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
380 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 55%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 32% |
Student demographics
20%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
29.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 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 Clippert Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clippert Academy this school | 424 | 89.6% | 29.9% |
| Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School DETROIT | 615 | 94.5% | 26.9% |
| Lee Middle School WYOMING | 346 | 93.6% | N/A |
| Burton Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 488 | 77.9% | N/A |
| Godwin Heights Middle School GRAND RAPIDS | 382 | 94.8% | N/A |
| Hartford Middle School HARTFORD | 321 | 80.7% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Clippert Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #350 of 397 | #34 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #320 of 380 | #32 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #337 of 377 | #35 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #295 of 491 | #47 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #435 of 436 | #62 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #326 of 437 | #48 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #30 of 477 | #12 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #248 of 339 | #35 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
424
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 424 | 17 | 24.9:1 | 90% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 15 | 28.1:1 | 80% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 17.9 | 21.2:1 | 82% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 84% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 92% (425) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clippert Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (461 to 424); teachers down 19% (21 to 17).
About Clippert Academy
Clippert Academy is a small middle-grades school in DETROIT, Michigan, (ZIP code 48209). It teaches 424 students in grades 6 through 8.
Across its 103 schools, Detroit Public Schools Community District enrolls 48,448 students. Clippert Academy is one of those schools.
At Clippert Academy, 89% of students are Hispanic. It is also 7% Black and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 7% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Clippert Academy scores 20%.
Staffing at Clippert Academy comes to 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.9:1. Middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1, 7.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Clippert Academy counts 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Wayne County averages 66%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Clippert Academy lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Michigan public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Clippert Academy is 3.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 29.9%. Predicted: 26.6%.
In Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 573 public schools with about 259,786 students, including Clippert Academy.
Clippert Academy's nearest public school is Western International High School (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Clippert Academy.
NCES assigns Clippert Academy the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Clippert Academy was 427 in 2020-21 and 424 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher increased from 22.5 to 24.9 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Clippert Academy lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District
- Cass Technical High SchoolHigh · 2,493 students
- Western International High SchoolHigh · 1,959 students
- Renaissance High SchoolHigh · 1,197 students
- Earhart ElementaryMiddle SchoolElementary · 1,002 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Senior High SchoolHigh · 976 students
- Munger ElementaryMiddle SchoolElementary · 954 students
Other schools in DETROIT
- Cass Technical High SchoolHigh · 2,493 students
- Western International High SchoolHigh · 1,959 students
- Renaissance High SchoolHigh · 1,197 students
- Oakland International Academy 28Middle · 1,034 students
- Earhart ElementaryMiddle SchoolElementary · 1,002 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Senior High SchoolHigh · 976 students
Nearby schools
- Western International High School0.4 mi · 1,959
- Maybury Elementary School0.4 mi · 284
- Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy0.5 mi · 457
- Earhart ElementaryMiddle School0.6 mi · 1,002
- Covenant High School Southwest0.7 mi · 164
- Academy of The Americas High School0.8 mi · 874
Frequently asked questions
About Clippert AcademyHow many students attend Clippert Academy?
Clippert Academy enrolls approximately 424 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Clippert Academy serve?
Clippert Academy serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Clippert Academy?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Clippert Academy.
What is the student diversity at Clippert Academy?
Student demographics at Clippert Academy are roughly 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 7% Black.
What district is Clippert Academy in?
Clippert 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.