Universal Learning Academy

Among the schools in WESTLAND, Michigan, is Universal Learning Academy, a large school serving multiple grade levels. It is open to students in pre-K through 12 and enrolls 761 students. That is 171% above the average of about 281 students for combined schools in Michigan.

Universal Learning Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

At Universal Learning Academy, 91% of students are White. Smaller groups are 6% Black. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 49% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Universal Learning Academy scores 17%.

Universal Learning Academy lists 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.4 students per teacher. The school's 16.4:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for combined schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 91% of the student body. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Wayne County.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Universal Learning Academy is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 26.3%. Predicted: 26.0%.

In the surrounding county, Wayne County, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 573 public schools with about 259,786 students, including Universal Learning Academy.

Measured in a straight line, Cooper Upper Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Universal Learning Academy. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Universal Learning Academy is behind the 36.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 6.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 764 to 761, a small change. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.6 to 16.4 over 4 years.

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