Detroit Leadership Academy K8

Detroit Leadership Academy K8, a reasonably sized primary school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Leadership Academy, educates 486 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Detroit Leadership Academy K8 sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

Detroit Leadership Academy comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 757 students; Detroit Leadership Academy K8 is among them.

On demographics, Detroit Leadership Academy K8 logs that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Detroit Leadership Academy K8 has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Detroit Leadership Academy K8 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WashingtonParks Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Detroit Leadership Academy K8 operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 63%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 29.9:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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