Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence

Located at 23777 SOUTHFIELD RD, in SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that teaches 520 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Dr. Joseph F. Pollack Academic Center of Excellence. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Dr. Joseph F. Pollack Academic Center of Excellence is the operating authority for Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (100%). The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 82% of students at Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Oakland County shows median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kennedy Learning Center, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence's enrollment has declined 38% since 2018, when it stood at 833 (now 520). Class-load math has fell: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.