Prevail Academy

Prevail Academy is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan, operated by Prevail Academy. The school hosts 534 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 45% above the state mean of about 369.

Prevail Academy sits inside Prevail Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prevail Academy records that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 20% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Prevail Academy has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Prevail Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 26.0%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Prevail Academy is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mount Clemens Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prevail Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. Prevail Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prevail Academy has decreased 11%, going from 601 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 19% to 6% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.