Joy Preparatory Academy

Joy Preparatory Academy is a small combined-grade school located in DETROIT, Michigan. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 161 students in pre-K through 12. Against the 281-student average for combined schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 43% lower.

In federal data, the district for Joy Preparatory Academy is the school itself.

Federal enrollment data show Joy Preparatory Academy is 99% Black. The school's Black share is 62 points above the 37% share among Wayne County residents. The school's diversity index is 2%, meaning two students picked at random have a 2% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Staffing totals 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. On average, combined schools in Michigan have 17.3:1, compared with 13.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Joy Preparatory Academy is 99%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County, the school's rate is higher.

According to the American Community Survey, in Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Besides Joy Preparatory Academy, Wayne County has 572 other public schools.

The nearest other public school, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Joy Preparatory Academy as a charter school.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 54 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 11.9:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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