📍 10800 e Canfield St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48214
Barack Obama Leadership Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 333 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Barack Obama Leadership Academy school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barack Obama Leadership Academy enrolls 333 students across grades K–8. 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 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Black or African American and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 332 | 100% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
322 of the school's 333 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 321 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Barack Obama Leadership Academy 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 2.
Barack Obama Leadership Academy is one of 1 schools in Barack Obama Leadership Academy, based in DETROIT, Michigan. The district serves 329 students district-wide and employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 333 students, Barack Obama Leadership Academy is close to the district average of about 329 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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