Creative Montessori Academy

Creative Montessori Academy is one of the big elementary schools in SOUTHGATE, Michigan, run under Creative Montessori Academy, with 759 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Creative Montessori Academy sits 106% bigger than that benchmark.

Creative Montessori Academy is a school of Creative Montessori Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Creative Montessori Academy reports that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 32% Black, 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Creative Montessori Academy has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Creative Montessori Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.5%; actual is 27.5%, a gap of -12.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Creative Montessori Academy is one campus in the mix.

Beacon Day Treatment Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Creative Montessori Academy comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, Creative Montessori Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Creative Montessori Academy's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 758 (now 759). Over the same period, the White share declined from 47% to 39%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.