Universal Academy

Universal Academy is a large school serving multiple grade levels in DETROIT, Michigan. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 12, with 695 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 281 students for combined schools in Michigan.

Universal Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

The share of students at Universal Academy who are White is 94%. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic. Among people living in Wayne County, the White share is about 49%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.

Universal Academy lists 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.2 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for combined schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.

Census data for Wayne County show the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Universal Academy, Wayne County has 573 public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, SER Metro YouthBuild Learning Academy, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (686) to 2024-25 (695).

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