Hope Academy

Located at 12121 BROADSTREET AVE, in DETROIT, Michigan, Hope Academy is a medium-sized elementary campus that caters to 430 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Hope Academy.

Operationally, Hope Academy answers to Hope Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Hope Academy shows that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Hope Academy logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Hope Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Keidan Special Education Center, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hope Academy.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Hope Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hope Academy has edged down 16%, going from 514 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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