Fisher Magnet Academy

Located at 15510 E STATE FAIR ST, in DETROIT, Michigan, Fisher Magnet Academy is a high-enrollment elementary school that educates 758 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Detroit Public Schools Community District. That puts it 105% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Fisher Magnet Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fisher Magnet Academy shows that nearly all students (97%) are Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fisher Magnet Academy has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Wayne County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 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), Fisher Magnet Academy is one campus in the mix.

Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

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