Laurus Academy

Laurus Academy is a roomy K-5 school in SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, operated by Laurus Academy. The school instructs 791 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 114% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Laurus Academy sits inside Laurus Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Laurus Academy records that nearly all students (87%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Laurus Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laurus Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.3%, the actual is 26.0%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Laurus Academy is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Laurus Academy comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

Laurus Academy operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Laurus Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 731 students in 2018 compared to 791 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 96% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Laurus Academy typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.