Cooke STEM Academy

Cooke STEM Academy is a tight-knit primary school in DETROIT, Michigan, overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school caters to 296 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Cooke STEM Academy is among them.

Demographically, Cooke STEM Academy records that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Cooke STEM Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Cooke STEM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Cooke STEM Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LincolnKing AdamsYoung 68, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Cooke STEM Academy's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 352 (now 296). Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Cooke STEM Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.