Saginaw Preparatory Academy

Set in SAGINAW, Michigan, Saginaw Preparatory Academy is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within Saginaw Preparatory Academy. It educates 376 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Saginaw Preparatory Academy is the operating authority for Saginaw Preparatory Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Saginaw Preparatory Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Saginaw Preparatory Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Saginaw County's rate of about 59%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Saginaw County put the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Saginaw Preparatory Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Jessie Loomis School, roughly 2.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site. As a public charter, Saginaw Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saginaw Preparatory Academy has edged up 4%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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