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Enrollment
707
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REGENT PARK SCHOLARS CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 260098508272
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy
15865 E 7 MILE RD, DETROIT, MI 48205 · (313) 371-1300 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Michigan public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
698 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 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 56% larger than its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
14%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
19.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
21.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy this school | 707 | 98.7% | 21.0% |
| Legacy Charter Academy DETROIT | 738 | 96.7% | 32.7% |
| Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences DETROIT | 694 | 98.7% | N/A |
| Warrendale Charter Academy DETROIT | 680 | 97.4% | 21.6% |
| Fisher Magnet Academy DETROIT | 758 | 95.8% | N/A |
| Brenda Scott Academy for Theatre Arts DETROIT | 754 | 95.0% | 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 Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,064 of 1,085 | #153 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #1,028 of 1,072 | #145 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,112 of 1,139 | #163 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #63 of 1,630 | #27 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #853 of 1,424 | #158 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #1,239 of 1,424 | #186 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #20 of 1,563 | #11 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #889 of 979 | #152 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
707
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 707 | 42.8 | 16.5:1 | 99% (698) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 34 | 20.3:1 | 98% (678) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 41.1 | 17.8:1 | 97% (711) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 98% (720) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 97% (705) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 98% (674) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (724 to 707); teachers up 7% (40 to 42.8).
About Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy serves students in DETROIT, Michigan, as a large elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 707 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 92% higher.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Black students are the large majority at Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy, with 93% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Wayne County's population at about 37%. Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy has a diversity index of 14%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy operates with 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.5:1. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 33 points above the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
allk12 grades Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy a C-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is 1.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (21.0% versus 22.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
According to the American Community Survey, in Wayne County, median household income is about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County, which together enroll about 259,786 students.
Fisher Magnet Academy is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment was 736 in 2020-21 and 707 in 2024-25, a decrease of 29 students.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. 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
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- Fisher Magnet Academy0.5 mi · 758
- Brewer Academy0.6 mi · 441
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- Carleton Elementary School0.8 mi · 379
- Chandler Park Academy Middle School1.0 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Regent Park Scholars Charter AcademyHow many students attend Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy?
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy enrolls approximately 707 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy serve?
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy have?
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy are roughly 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy in?
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is part of Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.