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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT·NCES 260110304646
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy
1551 BEARD ST, DETROIT, MI 48209 · (313) 849-3489 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
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
18.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
454 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
20.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
23.1%
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 23 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Roberto Clemente Learning Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Clemente Learning Academy this school | 521 | 87.1% | 21.1% |
| Academy of the Americas at Logan DETROIT | 495 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy DETROIT | 457 | 82.5% | N/A |
| Cesar Chavez Academy Elementary DETROIT | 465 | 95.5% | N/A |
| Buchanan Elementary GRAND RAPIDS | 379 | 84.4% | N/A |
| Bennett Elementary School DETROIT | 498 | 75.3% | 15.4% |
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 Roberto Clemente Learning Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,062 of 1,085 | #151 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,013 of 1,072 | #139 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,108 of 1,139 | #161 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #223 of 1,630 | #66 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,265 of 1,424 | #236 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #1,083 of 1,424 | #171 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #239 of 1,563 | #120 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #256 of 979 | #41 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
521
-83 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 521 | 27.6 | 18.9:1 | 87% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 79% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 28.6 | 17.5:1 | 91% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 87% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 98% (627) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberto Clemente Learning Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (643 to 521); teachers down 25% (37 to 27.6).
About Roberto Clemente Learning Academy
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in DETROIT, Michigan. The school has 521 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy is one of 103 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District, which enrolls 48,448 students in total.
At Roberto Clemente Learning Academy, 89% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 5% White and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 7% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roberto Clemente Learning Academy scores 21%.
For every teacher at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy, there are about 18.9 students; the school has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 87%. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Roberto Clemente Learning Academy outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy sits between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.1% and a predicted 27.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wayne County show that median household income comes to about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. The county's public schools total 573, with about 259,786 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School, is the closest to Roberto Clemente Learning Academy. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Roberto Clemente Learning Academy. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Roberto Clemente Learning Academy is 3rd of 4 on proficiency.
Federal data place Roberto Clemente Learning Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 604 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 521 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.8 to 18.9 over 4 years.
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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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Nearby schools
- Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School0.1 mi · 615
- Cesar Chavez Academy High School0.2 mi · 730
- Harms Elementary School0.6 mi · 279
- Cesar Chavez Academy Elementary0.7 mi · 465
- Bennett Elementary School0.7 mi · 498
- Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy0.7 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Roberto Clemente Learning AcademyHow large is Roberto Clemente Learning Academy?
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roberto Clemente Learning Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy is approximately 18.9:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roberto Clemente Learning Academy?
At Roberto Clemente Learning Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Roberto Clemente Learning Academy public or private?
Roberto Clemente Learning Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.