Tipton Academy 48

Tipton Academy 48 operates as a medium-sized all-grades campus in GARDEN CITY, Michigan, one of the schools within Tipton Academy. Current enrollment sits at 255 students spanning grades 4 through 12.

Tipton Academy 48 is one of 2 schools operated by Tipton Academy, a district that hosts 556 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Tipton Academy 48 lists that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Tipton Academy 48 shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tipton Academy 48 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 30.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Tipton Academy 48 is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Memorial Elementary 12 Campus, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tipton Academy 48.

Tipton Academy 48 operates from a suburban location. Tipton Academy 48 operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Tipton Academy 48's enrollment has increased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 255). Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 23% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

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