Fortis Academy

Fortis Academy is one of the heavily attended elementary-level communitys in YPSILANTI, Michigan, part of Fortis Academy, with 681 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 85% above the state mean of about 369.

Fortis Academy is a school of Fortis Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Fortis Academy reports that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% White. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washtenaw County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fortis Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Washtenaw County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Washtenaw County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), Fortis Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GEE Compass Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fortis Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fortis Academy at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Fortis Academy operates from a residential location. Fortis Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fortis Academy's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 720 (now 681). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 16% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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