Pontiac Academy for Student Success

Located in PONTIAC, Michigan, Pontiac Academy for Student Success is a very small high school. In all, 7 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. The school is 98% below the average for high schools in Michigan.

Pontiac Academy for Student Success is part of a district of 9 schools: Pontiac City School District, with 3,773 students.

Of every 100 students at Pontiac Academy for Student Success, about 43 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 29% Black, 14% White, and 14% Asian. Census figures show Oakland County is about 5% Hispanic.

Pontiac Academy for Student Success lists 0.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 7.8 students per teacher. Across high schools in Michigan, the average ratio is 21.6:1.

Census data for Oakland County show the median household earns about $97,760 a year, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Oakland County number 345, with about 169,926 students.

Less than a tenth of a mile separates Pontiac Academy for Student Success from the closest public school, Pontiac High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 31 to 7. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.

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