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Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts
Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts operates as a sprawling K-5 school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District. Current enrollment sits at 630 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% above the state mean of about 369.
Detroit Public Schools Community District runs 103 schools in total, collectively educating 48,448 students. Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts logs that nearly all students (98%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Wayne County's rate of about 66%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts is one.
Mumford High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 32%: 479 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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