📍 2985 e Jefferson Ave, Detroit, Wayne County, 48207
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 635 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 35.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences enrolls 635 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 35.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Black or African American and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 633 | 100% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
621 of the school's 635 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 610 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 1, state house district 6.
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of 2 schools in Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences, based in DETROIT, Michigan. The district serves 1,033 students district-wide and employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 635 students, Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences is larger than the district average of about 517 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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