Westfield Charter Academy

Set in REDFORD, Michigan, Westfield Charter Academy is an expansive elementary campus, operated by Westfield Charter Academy. It caters to 730 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Westfield Charter Academy sits 98% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Westfield Charter Academy (1,564 students total), Westfield Charter Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Westfield Charter Academy lists that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Westfield Charter Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Westfield Charter Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 23.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Westfield Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Thomas Jefferson Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westfield Charter Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Westfield Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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