SampsonWebber Leadership Academy

SampsonWebber Leadership Academy is a moderately sized elementary school in DETROIT, Michigan, run under Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school hosts 330 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within Detroit Public Schools Community District, which oversees 103 schools and 48,448 students, SampsonWebber Leadership Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SampsonWebber Leadership Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%); the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

In terms of school funding signals, SampsonWebber Leadership Academy records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting SampsonWebber Leadership Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 SampsonWebber Leadership Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Northwestern High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

SampsonWebber Leadership Academy operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SampsonWebber Leadership Academy has remained close to its prior level, going from 335 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 96% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.