Pembroke Academy

Pembroke Academy is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in DETROIT, Michigan, run under Pembroke Academy, with 390 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, Pembroke Academy lists that nearly all students (87%) are Black; the rest reads as 10% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pembroke Academy has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Pembroke Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Pembroke Academy sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 28.8%; actual is 60.2%, +31.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Pembroke Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bow ElementaryMiddle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.