The SER Learning Academy East

The SER Learning Academy East is a very small four-year high school in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within SER YouthBuild Learning Academy. The school enrolls 107 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% leaner than the state mean of about 460.

SER YouthBuild Learning Academy runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 216 students. The SER Learning Academy East is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, The SER Learning Academy East shows that nearly all students (97%) are Black. The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 107.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), The SER Learning Academy East is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Barack Obama Leadership Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. The SER Learning Academy East is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.