The James and Grace Lee Boggs School

Set in DETROIT, Michigan, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School is a close-knit primary school, operated by The James and Grace Lee Boggs School. It caters to 172 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

The James and Grace Lee Boggs School is a school of The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wayne County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), The James and Grace Lee Boggs School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Garvey Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The James and Grace Lee Boggs School.

The James and Grace Lee Boggs School operates from an urban location. The James and Grace Lee Boggs School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. The James and Grace Lee Boggs School's enrollment has climbed 31% since 2018, when it stood at 131 (now 172). Over the same period, the White share rose from 13% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 43.7:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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