Success Academy

Success Academy is a senior high of micro-enrollment scale in WARREN, Michigan, overseen by Van Dyke Public Schools, educateing 64 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 86% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Van Dyke Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,026 students. Success Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Success Academy reports that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Success Academy has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Success Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Macomb County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Success Academy is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Success Academy.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Success Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 45%: 44 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 39% to 53% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Success Academy community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.