University Yes Academy

As a mid-sized K-12 campus in DETROIT, Michigan, University Yes Academy educates 388 students from grades K through 12, operated by University Yes Academy. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

University Yes Academy is the operating authority for University Yes Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, University Yes Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting University Yes Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at University Yes Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), University Yes Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

University Yes Academy operates from a high-density location. University Yes 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. University Yes Academy's enrollment has ticked down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 388). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 32.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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