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Star International Academy
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Star International Academy
Located at 24425 HASS ST, in DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan, Star International Academy is a big unified-grade school that teaches 1,728 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under Star International Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 515% larger than the state mean of about 281.
Star International Academy runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 2,098 students. Star International Academy is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Star International Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Star International Academy lists 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Star International Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 32.8%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Star International Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).
Nearest neighbor: Highview Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Star International Academy comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.
Star International Academy operates from an outer-ring location. Star International Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Star International Academy has increased 13%, going from 1,529 students in 2018 to 1,728 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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