NOVA Discipline Academy

NOVA Discipline Academy is a combined-grade school of rural-scale scale in OAK PARK, Michigan, run under Oak Park School District of the City of, serveing 108 students in grades 2 through 12. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

Oak Park School District of the City of comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,986 students; NOVA Discipline Academy is among them.

On demographics, NOVA Discipline Academy shows that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NOVA Discipline Academy shows 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at NOVA Discipline Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Oakland County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which NOVA Discipline Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Einstein Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. NOVA Discipline Academy's enrollment has ticked down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 157 (now 108). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 99% to 94%. Class-load math has fell: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.