Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy

Set in DETROIT, Michigan, Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is a sizable elementary campus, operated by Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy. It caters to 707 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 92% above the state mean of about 369.

Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is a school of Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest comes out to 5% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Fisher Magnet Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy operates from an urban location. Regent Park Scholars Charter 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. Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 724 (now 707). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 98% to 93%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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