John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy

John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy, a substantial elementary campus in DETROIT, Michigan, part of Detroit Public Schools Community District, serves 879 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 138% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Detroit Public Schools Community District runs 103 schools in total, collectively educating 48,448 students. John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy reports that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Coleman A Young Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 880 students in 2018 compared to 879 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.