Mt Clemens Montessori Academy

Mt Clemens Montessori Academy is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan, operated by Mt. Clemens Montessori Academy, hosting 278 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 369.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mt Clemens Montessori Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mt Clemens Montessori Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Macomb County) shows that median household income runs about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Mt Clemens Montessori Academy is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clinton Valley Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Mt Clemens Montessori Academy operates from a residential location. As a public charter, Mt Clemens Montessori Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 278 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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