Ronald Brown Academy

Ronald Brown Academy is a sizable primary school in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school teaches 834 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 126% above the state mean of about 369.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Ronald Brown Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ronald Brown Academy reports that nearly all students (98%) are Black. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Ronald Brown Academy records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Ronald Brown Academy is one.

J E Clark Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Ronald Brown Academy operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 924 students in 2018 compared to 834 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Ronald Brown Academy typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.