Warrendale Charter Academy

Warrendale Charter Academy, a sprawling primary school in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Warrendale Charter Academy, serves 680 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 84% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Operationally, Warrendale Charter Academy answers to Warrendale Charter Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Warrendale Charter Academy logs that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Warrendale Charter Academy has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Warrendale Charter Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Warrendale Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Vista Meadows Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Warrendale Charter Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Warrendale Charter 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 declined 6%: 724 students in 2018 compared to 680 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 96% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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