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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAR INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY·NCES 260022808967

Star International Academy

45081 GEDDES RD, CANTON, MI 48188 · (313) 565-0507 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools

Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,049 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
325 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5916%
Grade 14211%
Grade 24512%
Grade 34211%
Grade 4339%
Grade 54512%
Grade 64111%
Grade 74612%
Grade 8175%

This year's kindergarten class (59) is 247% larger than its 8th grade class (17).

Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
34092%
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Black
103%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
205%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16946%
Female
20154%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
37.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
37.9%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Star International Academy

Star International Academy's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Star International Academy this school37087.8%37.3%
River Oaks Elementary School
DEARBORN HEIGHTS
36693.7%36.8%
McCollough Elementary School
DEARBORN
42487.5%36.4%
McDonald Elementary School
DEARBORN
35790.5%35.6%
Highview Elementary School
DEARBORN HEIGHTS
39589.4%52.5%
Tau Beta School
HAMTRAMCK
26187.7%N/A
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Star International Academy ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Wayne County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.3%#778 of 1,085#97 of 165
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
37.9%#732 of 1,072#94 of 165
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
37.8%#816 of 1,139#103 of 176
Enrollment
ranked largest first
370#789 of 1,630#179 of 301
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.9:1#464 of 1,424#77 of 281
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
15.2%#1,211 of 1,424#181 of 281
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
87.8%#229 of 1,563#114 of 294
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
370
+336 (+988%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 6.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537024.814.9:188% (325)
2023-2430916.418.8:190% (278)
2022-2323013.716.8:178% (179)
2020-213456.8:182% (28)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Star International Academy.

About Star International Academy

Star International Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in CANTON, Michigan, that operates as a charter school. Total enrollment is 370 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8.

Star International Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

At Star International Academy, 92% of students are White. Smaller groups are 5% Asian and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 49% White. The diversity index for Star International Academy is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. The school has 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.9:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Federal data show 88% of students (325) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 22 points.

Among Michigan public elementary schools, Star International Academy outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 27.4%.

Wayne County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wayne County number 573, with about 259,786 students.

South Canton Scholars Charter Academy is the nearest public school to Star International Academy, about 0.6 miles away. Star International Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Star International Academy comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Star International Academy is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large. Star International Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

In 2020-21 the school reported 34 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 370. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio was 6.8:1 in 2020-21 and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.

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Wayne County at a glance

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Population
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students

Quick facts

School name
Star International Academy
District
Star International Academy
Address
45081 GEDDES RD, CANTON, MI 48188
Phone
(313) 565-0507
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
370
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
14.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
325 (88%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
260022808967
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Star International Academy. Star International Academy is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Star International Academy
What is the total enrollment at Star International Academy?
Star International Academy enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Star International Academy serve?
Star International Academy serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Star International Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Star International Academy is approximately 14.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Star International Academy?
At Star International Academy, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Black, 5% Asian.
What district is Star International Academy in?
Star International Academy is part of Star International Academy.
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