Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy

Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy, a modestly sized K-5 school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, serves 303 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Detroit Public Schools Community District runs 103 schools in total, collectively educating 48,448 students. Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy logs that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy is one campus in the mix.

Edison Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 309 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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