Trix Academy

Trix Academy is an intimate K-5 school in DETROIT, Michigan, overseen by Michigan Educational Choice Center. The school works with 302 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Operationally, Trix Academy answers to Michigan Educational Choice Center, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Trix Academy reports that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder breaks down as 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Trix Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Trix Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trix Academy is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Academy of Warren, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Trix Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 302 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.