Four Corners Montessori Academy

Four Corners Montessori Academy is one of the small elementary-level communitys in MADISON HEIGHTS, Michigan, overseen by Four Corners Montessori Academy, with 235 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Four Corners Montessori Academy sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Four Corners Montessori Academy logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Four Corners Montessori Academy has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Four Corners Montessori Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Four Corners Montessori Academy is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Edmonson Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Four Corners Montessori Academy comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. As a public charter, Four Corners Montessori Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 45%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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