Pontiac Academy for Excellence

Pontiac Academy for Excellence operates as an expansive unified-grade school in PONTIAC, Michigan, one of the schools within Pontiac Academy for Excellence. Current enrollment sits at 553 students spanning grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 281 students per school, that is 97% larger than typical.

Pontiac Academy for Excellence is the operating authority for Pontiac Academy for Excellence, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Pontiac Academy for Excellence lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Pontiac Academy for Excellence logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible 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 north of typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) shows that median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Pontiac Academy for Excellence is one.

Nearest neighbor: Clarkston Project Search, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site. Pontiac Academy for Excellence is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pontiac Academy for Excellence has expanded 130%, going from 240 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 40% to 26%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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