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Enrollment
683
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUEST CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 260096508062
Quest Charter Academy
24745 VAN BORN RD, TAYLOR, MI 48180 · (313) 299-0534 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
40 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
579 students
STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 6% larger than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
29.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Quest Charter Academy
Quest Charter Academy's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest Charter Academy this school | 683 | 84.8% | 27.3% |
| Taylor Exemplar Academy TAYLOR | 660 | 77.0% | 32.0% |
| Woods Lake ElementaryA Magnet Center For The Arts KALAMAZOO | 501 | 78.8% | 21.9% |
| South Pointe Scholars Charter Academy YPSILANTI | 631 | 74.3% | 27.1% |
| Dye Elementary School FLINT | 559 | 92.3% | 30.3% |
| Ann Visger K5 Preparatory Academy RIVER ROUGE | 625 | 86.9% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Quest Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #984 of 1,085 | #128 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #930 of 1,072 | #120 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #1,013 of 1,139 | #137 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #75 of 1,630 | #34 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #976 of 1,424 | #178 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #169 of 1,424 | #22 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #272 of 1,563 | #135 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #569 of 979 | #92 of 177 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
683
-105 (-13%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 683 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 85% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 35 | 19.8:1 | 85% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 762 | 40 | 19.0:1 | 84% (638) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 40 | 19.7:1 | 81% (635) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 41 | 18.6:1 | 72% (552) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 39 | 19.4:1 | 68% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 70% (356) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quest Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (764 to 683); teachers down 2% (41 to 40).
About Quest Charter Academy
Quest Charter Academy serves students in TAYLOR, Michigan, as a large elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 683 students. The school's enrollment is 85% larger than the 369 average for elementary schools in Michigan.
In federal data, the district for Quest Charter Academy is the school itself.
Quest Charter Academy is 51% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 24% White, 12% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Among people living in Wayne County, the Black share is about 37%. Quest Charter Academy's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 85%. The average for public schools in Wayne County is 66%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.7% at Quest Charter Academy; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.3%.
Across Wayne County, the median household income is $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. In all, Wayne County has 573 public schools and roughly 259,786 students.
Thorne Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Quest Charter Academy.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Quest Charter Academy is one of the charter schools in Michigan.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 788 in 2020-21 to 683 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.7:1 to 17.1:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Quest Charter Academy covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TAYLOR
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 1,371 students
- Taylor Exemplar AcademyElementary · 660 students
- Robert J West Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Trillium AcademyCombined · 641 students
- Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Clarence Randall Elem SchoolElementary · 492 students
Nearby schools
- Thorne Elementary School0.7 mi · 593
- Tomlinson Middle School1.0 mi · 180
- West Village Academy1.3 mi · 242
- Oakley W Best Middle School1.3 mi · 557
- Pardee School1.3 mi · 337
- Robichaud Senior High School1.3 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Quest Charter AcademyHow large is Quest Charter Academy?
Quest Charter Academy enrolls approximately 683 students in grades KG-08.
Is Quest Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Quest Charter Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Quest Charter Academy?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Quest Charter Academy.
How diverse is Quest Charter Academy?
Quest Charter Academy reports a student body of 24% White, 12% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Quest Charter Academy public or private?
Quest Charter Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Quest Charter Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.