Detroit Achievement Academy

Detroit Achievement Academy is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in DETROIT, Michigan, part of Detroit Achievement Academy. The school instructs 352 students in grades K through 8.

Within Detroit Achievement Academy, which oversees 2 schools and 770 students, Detroit Achievement Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Detroit Achievement Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). Beyond that, the school logs 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Detroit Achievement Academy has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Detroit Achievement Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at Detroit Achievement Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the broader community, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Detroit Achievement Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Renaissance High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Detroit Achievement Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 179%: 126 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.