Holly Academy

Holly Academy is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in HOLLY, Michigan, operated by Holly Academy, works with 520 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Holly Academy is the operating authority for Holly Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Holly Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Holly Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Holly Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Holly Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 66.8%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Holly Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Patterson Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Holly Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.9%.

Holly Academy operates from a town-center location. Holly Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Holly Academy's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 520). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Holly Academy community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.