David Ellis Academy West

As a big combined-grade school in REDFORD, Michigan, David Ellis Academy West serves 725 students from grades pre-K through 12, overseen by David Ellis Academy West. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so David Ellis Academy West sits 158% bigger than that benchmark.

David Ellis Academy West is a school of David Ellis Academy West, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, David Ellis Academy West lists that nearly all students (99%) are Black. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, David Ellis Academy West reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. David Ellis Academy West is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Beech Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

David Ellis Academy West operates from a bedroom-community location. David Ellis Academy West is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 734 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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