Saginaw Preparatory Academy

Saginaw Preparatory Academy serves students in SAGINAW, Michigan, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 376 students in 2024-25.

Saginaw Preparatory Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

Of every 100 students at Saginaw Preparatory Academy, about 87 are Black. Other students are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 19% Black share among all Saginaw County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.

There are about 18.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Saginaw Preparatory Academy, which has 19.9. The school's 18.9:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%. That is 38 points above the 59% average for public schools in Saginaw County.

The school is in Saginaw County, where median household income comes to about $60,622, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Saginaw County's 75 public schools enroll about 25,621 students and include Saginaw Preparatory Academy.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Jessie Loomis School, is about 2.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

The school counted 267 students in 2020-21 and 376 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 18.9:1 in 2024-25.

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