University Yes Academy

University Yes Academy is classified as a school serving multiple grade levels. It is located in DETROIT, Michigan. It reports enrollment of 388 students in kindergarten through 12. On average, combined schools in Michigan enroll around 281, and this school is 38% bigger than that mark.

University Yes Academy operates as its own local education agency.

University Yes Academy is 99% Black by enrollment. In Wayne County overall, about 37% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, University Yes Academy scores 2%.

University Yes Academy reported 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 20.4:1. Combined schools in Michigan average 17.3:1, 3.1 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 354 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 91% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.

In Wayne County, median household income comes to about $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Wayne County counts 573 public schools with about 259,786 students.

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of University Yes Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place University Yes Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

Enrollment fell by 16% across 4 years, from 462 in 2020-21 to 388 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 30.8:1 in 2020-21 to 20.4:1 in 2024-25.

University Yes Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.