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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT OAKS ACADEMY·NCES 260029401725

Great Oaks Academy

4257 BART AVE, WARREN, MI 48091 · (586) 427-4540 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Enrollment
768
Elementary
STATE 369
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
37 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
697 students
STATE 55%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten8511%
Grade 18511%
Grade 28411%
Grade 39012%
Grade 48811%
Grade 59012%
Grade 68311%
Grade 78411%
Grade 87910%
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
White
111%
STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
111%
STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
62381%
STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
405%
STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
8111%
STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
38250%
Female
38650%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
40.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
29.5%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Where Great Oaks Academy ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Macomb County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.1%#783 of 1,085#64 of 100
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
29.5%#916 of 1,072#82 of 98
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.2%#762 of 1,139#66 of 105
Enrollment
ranked largest first
768#34 of 1,630#4 of 126
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.5:1#1,361 of 1,424#116 of 118
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.8%#758 of 1,424#90 of 118
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.9%#318 of 440#32 of 43
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
768
+29 (+4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.4:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
81%
was 89%
% Asian
5%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2576837.420.5:191% (697)
2023-247473720.2:191% (682)
2022-237443819.6:192% (686)
2017-1873936.220.4:192% (680)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Oaks Academy.

About Great Oaks Academy

Federal records list Great Oaks Academy as an elementary school in WARREN, Michigan. The school enrolls 768 students, from kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 108% bigger than that.

Federal records list Great Oaks Academy as its own district.

The student body at Great Oaks Academy is 81% Black. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial and 5% Asian. Macomb County's residents are about 13% Black, 68 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teacher staffing is 37.4 full-time equivalents, or about 20.5 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Michigan have 15.8:1, compared with 20.5:1 here. About 91% of students, or 697, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Macomb County average 52%.

Great Oaks Academy is 11.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (37.1% versus 26.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.

Macomb County has these Census figures: the median household income is $77,837, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Macomb County has 236 public schools and roughly 115,743 students.

Fitzgerald Virtual Academy is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Great Oaks Academy. By average proficiency, Great Oaks Academy is 1st among 4 schools close by.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size. Charter status: Great Oaks Academy is a public charter school.

Enrollment at Great Oaks Academy grew 4% between 2017-18 and 2024-25, from 739 to 768 students. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Black share, which decreased from 89% to 81%.

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Macomb County at a glance

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Population
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students

Quick facts

School name
Great Oaks Academy
District
Great Oaks Academy
Address
4257 BART AVE, WARREN, MI 48091
Phone
(586) 427-4540
County
Macomb County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
768
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student–teacher ratio
20.5:1
Free/Reduced lunch
697 (91%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
260029401725
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Great Oaks Academy
What is the total enrollment at Great Oaks Academy?
Great Oaks Academy enrolls approximately 768 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Great Oaks Academy serve?
Great Oaks Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Great Oaks Academy?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Great Oaks Academy.
What is the student diversity at Great Oaks Academy?
Student demographics at Great Oaks Academy are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 81% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Great Oaks Academy public or private?
Great Oaks Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Great Oaks Academy.
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