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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263231008202
Thompson K8 International Academy
16300 LINCOLN DR, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48076 · (248) 746-7404 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
351 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 7% larger than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 56% · US 70%
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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.8%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Thompson K8 International Academy
Thompson K8 International Academy's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson K8 International Academy this school | 544 | 64.5% | 26.0% |
| Adlai Stevenson Elementary School SOUTHFIELD | 527 | 65.5% | 31.0% |
| Alice M Birney K8 School SOUTHFIELD | 452 | 62.8% | N/A |
| Metro Charter Academy ROMULUS | 421 | 69.4% | 44.1% |
| Palmer Park Preparatory Academy DETROIT | 405 | 59.8% | 34.3% |
| Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies DETROIT | 715 | 66.4% | 42.9% |
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 Thompson K8 International Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,006 of 1,085 | #144 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #989 of 1,072 | #139 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,037 of 1,139 | #150 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #179 of 1,630 | #15 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #655 of 1,424 | #91 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #773 of 1,424 | #125 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #602 of 1,563 | #27 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #964 of 979 | #118 of 118 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
544
+135 (+33%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 544 | 34.6 | 15.7:1 | 65% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 30 | 11.6:1 | 67% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 31.4 | 11.5:1 | 68% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 55% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 36.6 | 14.9:1 | 73% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 65% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 68% (496) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thompson K8 International Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (547 to 544); teachers down 5% (36.6 to 34.6).
About Thompson K8 International Academy
Thompson K8 International Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Michigan, with an address in SOUTHFIELD. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 544 students. It has 47% more students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).
Thompson K8 International Academy belongs to Southfield Public School District, a district of 13 schools and 4,692 students.
The share of students at Thompson K8 International Academy who are Black is 82%. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 13% of Oakland County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. The school has 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Federal data show 65% of students (351) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Oakland County, the school's rate is higher.
Thompson K8 International Academy earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The model predicts 37.7% for a school in Michigan with Thompson K8 International Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Thompson K8 International Academy posts 26.0%.
In the wider Oakland County area, the median household earns about $97,760 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Oakland County, 345 public schools serve about 169,926 students.
The closest school to Thompson K8 International Academy is Norup International School, located about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Thompson K8 International Academy at 5th of 5.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 409 (2020-21) to 544 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southfield Public School District
- Southfield High School for the Arts and TechnologyHigh · 1,049 students
- Adlai Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Alice M Birney K8 SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Morris Adler Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Glenn W Levey Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- University Middle School AcademyMiddle · 338 students
Other schools in SOUTHFIELD
- Lighthouse Connections AcademyCombined · 2,056 students
- Southfield High School for the Arts and TechnologyHigh · 1,049 students
- Laurus AcademyElementary · 791 students
- Bradford AcademyCombined · 678 students
- Adlai Stevenson Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of ExcellenceElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Norup International School1.0 mi · 672
- Kennedy Learning Center1.1 mi · 46
- Morris Adler Elementary School1.1 mi · 355
- Pepper Elementary School1.2 mi · 416
- Dr Joseph F Pollack Academic Center of Excellence1.3 mi · 520
- Anderson Middle School1.4 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Thompson K8 International AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Thompson K8 International Academy?
Thompson K8 International Academy enrolls approximately 544 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Thompson K8 International Academy serve?
Thompson K8 International Academy serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thompson K8 International Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thompson K8 International Academy is approximately 15.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thompson K8 International Academy?
Thompson K8 International Academy reports a student body of 4% White, 10% Hispanic, 82% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Thompson K8 International Academy in?
Thompson K8 International Academy is part of Southfield Public School District.
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