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Which teacher or staff member at Detroit Prep deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY·NCES 260104808796
Detroit Prep
8411 SYLVESTER ST, DETROIT, MI 48214 · (313) 343-1495 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
228 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 55%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 104% larger than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
44.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Detroit Prep
Detroit Prep's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Prep this school | 418 | 54.5% | 47.9% |
| Tyler Road Elementary School BELLEVILLE | 388 | 53.6% | N/A |
| Avalon Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 345 | 58.0% | N/A |
| Elmwood Elementary School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 305 | 52.8% | 33.7% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School KALAMAZOO | 449 | 64.8% | 39.5% |
| Fremont International Academy BATTLE CREEK | 345 | 53.6% | 28.0% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Detroit Prep ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #473 of 1,085 | #56 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #569 of 1,072 | #74 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #328 of 1,139 | #39 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #571 of 1,630 | #133 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,108 of 1,424 | #205 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #292 of 1,424 | #47 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #807 of 1,563 | #220 of 294 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
+159 (+61%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 418 | 23.6 | 17.7:1 | 55% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 23.6 | 19.0:1 | 63% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 19 | 19.8:1 | 60% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 61% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 75 | 5 | 15.0:1 | 52% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Detroit Prep.
Since 2017-18: students up 457% (75 to 418); teachers up 372% (5 to 23.6).
About Detroit Prep
Detroit Prep is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in DETROIT, Michigan. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 418 students.
A total of 2 schools make up Detroit Achievement Academy, with 770 students enrolled.
At Detroit Prep, Black students make up 53% of the student body. Next come 35% White and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 37% Black among all Wayne County residents. Detroit Prep's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.7:1, with 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Detroit Prep is 55%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County, the school's rate is lower.
Detroit Prep is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Detroit Prep, the prediction is 42.1% and the result is 47.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. There are 573 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 259,786 students in all.
Nichols ElementaryMiddle School is the public school closest to Detroit Prep, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Detroit Prep is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. Detroit Prep is one of the charter schools in Michigan.
Federal counts for Detroit Prep: 259 students in 2020-21, 418 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.9:1 to 17.7:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Detroit Achievement Academy
- Detroit Achievement AcademyElementary · 352 students
Other schools in DETROIT
- Cass Technical High SchoolHigh · 2,493 students
- Western International High SchoolHigh · 1,959 students
- Renaissance High SchoolHigh · 1,197 students
- Oakland International Academy 28Middle · 1,034 students
- Earhart ElementaryMiddle SchoolElementary · 1,002 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Senior High SchoolHigh · 976 students
Nearby schools
- Nichols ElementaryMiddle School0.4 mi · 311
- The James and Grace Lee Boggs School0.6 mi · 172
- Garvey Academy0.9 mi · 434
- Hutchinson ElementaryMiddle School1.1 mi · 379
- Barack Obama Leadership Academy1.1 mi · 329
- Covenant High School East1.2 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About Detroit PrepWhat is the total enrollment at Detroit Prep?
Detroit Prep enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Detroit Prep serve?
Detroit Prep serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Detroit Prep?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Detroit Prep is approximately 17.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Detroit Prep?
Student demographics at Detroit Prep are roughly 35% White, 2% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Detroit Prep in?
Detroit Prep is part of Detroit Achievement Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.