Weston Preparatory Academy

Weston Preparatory Academy is a small elementary school in DETROIT, Michigan, under Weston Preparatory Academy. There are 258 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 30% below that mark.

Weston Preparatory Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

A large majority of enrollment at Weston Preparatory Academy is Black, at 100%. Among all residents of Wayne County, the Black share is about 37%. The diversity index for Weston Preparatory Academy is 0%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Classroom staffing at Weston Preparatory Academy totals 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Weston Preparatory Academy is about 85%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wayne County is 66%.

The school is in Wayne County, where the median household earns about $60,539 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across Wayne County, 573 public schools serve about 259,786 students.

The closest school to Weston Preparatory Academy is Communication and Media Arts High School, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Weston Preparatory Academy falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

The school's enrollment fell 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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