Discovery Creative Pathways Redford

As a cozy elementary-level community in REDFORD, Michigan, Discovery Creative Pathways Redford hosts 208 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Discovery Creative Pathways. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Within Discovery Creative Pathways, which oversees 2 schools and 811 students, Discovery Creative Pathways Redford is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Discovery Creative Pathways Redford records that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Discovery Creative Pathways Redford tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Discovery Creative Pathways Redford is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Keeler School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, Discovery Creative Pathways Redford runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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