Multicultural Academy

Multicultural Academy is a K-12 campus of medium-sized scale in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, run under Multicultural Academy, instructing 324 students in grades pre-K through 11.

Multicultural Academy is a school of Multicultural Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Multicultural Academy records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% Black. Compared to Washtenaw County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Multicultural Academy has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washtenaw County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Washtenaw County shows median household earnings sit near $89,180, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washtenaw County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), Multicultural Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pittsfield Acres Academy, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. Multicultural Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Multicultural Academy's enrollment has increased 80% since 2018, when it stood at 180 (now 324). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 23% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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