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How has Hamtramck Academy changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMTRAMCK ACADEMY·NCES 260028701656
Hamtramck Academy
11420 CONANT ST, HAMTRAMCK, MI 48212 · (313) 368-7312 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
527 students
STATE 55%
Community
5
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Michigan's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hamtramck Academy
Hamtramck Academy's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamtramck Academy this school | 549 | 96.0% | 52.1% |
| Hanley International Academy HAMTRAMCK | 667 | 96.1% | 30.5% |
| Frontier International Academy Elementary WARREN | 395 | 99.0% | 48.4% |
| Davison ElementaryMiddle School DETROIT | 765 | 89.3% | 31.8% |
| Siersma Elementary School WARREN | 494 | 77.1% | 32.6% |
| Lean Elementary School WARREN | 619 | 79.8% | 42.7% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hamtramck Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #362 of 1,085 | #45 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #466 of 1,072 | #60 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #445 of 1,139 | #50 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #174 of 1,630 | #57 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #691 of 1,424 | #122 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #431 of 1,424 | #73 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #53 of 1,563 | #25 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #300 of 440 | #66 of 91 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
549
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 549 | 34.5 | 15.9:1 | 96% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 25 | 22.1:1 | 98% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 97% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 96% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 36.5 | 14.4:1 | 98% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 99% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 92% (456) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamtramck Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (525 to 549); teachers down 6% (36.5 to 34.5).
About Hamtramck Academy
Hamtramck Academy runs as a mid-sized elementary school in HAMTRAMCK, Michigan. Total enrollment is 549 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 49% higher.
Hamtramck Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Asian students are 67% of those enrolled at Hamtramck Academy. Next come 13% White, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 4% Asian among all Wayne County residents. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Hamtramck Academy are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.9:1 is based on 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Wayne County.
Hamtramck Academy holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 52.1%, is 28.4 points above the 23.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
In Wayne County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 573 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,786, Hamtramck Academy among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hamtramck High School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Hamtramck Academy is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Hamtramck Academy is run as a public charter school.
Hamtramck Academy had 542 students in 2020-21 and 549 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page is set up for the Hamtramck Academy community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAMTRAMCK
- Hamtramck High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Hanley International AcademyElementary · 667 students
- Oakland International Academy 912High · 614 students
- Caniff Liberty AcademyCombined · 590 students
- Bridge Academy EastElementary · 581 students
- Dickinson East Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Hamtramck High School0.2 mi · 926
- Horizon High School0.3 mi · 125
- Early Childhood Elementary School0.4 mi · 146
- Dickinson East Elementary School0.4 mi · 529
- Bridge Impact0.5 mi · 392
- Bridge Academy East0.5 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Hamtramck AcademyHow many students attend Hamtramck Academy?
Hamtramck Academy enrolls approximately 549 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Hamtramck Academy serve?
Hamtramck Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hamtramck Academy?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Hamtramck Academy.
What is the student diversity at Hamtramck Academy?
Student demographics at Hamtramck Academy are roughly 13% White, 1% Hispanic, 11% Black, 67% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hamtramck Academy in?
Hamtramck Academy is part of Hamtramck Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.