📍 15510 e State Fair St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48205
Fisher Magnet Lower Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 456 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fisher Magnet Lower Academy enrolls 456 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 440 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
423 of the school's 456 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 417 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is City, Large. Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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-14, state senate district 2, state house district 1.
Fisher Magnet Lower Academy is one of 107 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District, based in DETROIT, Michigan. The district serves 48,828 students district-wide and employs 3,019 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 456 students, Fisher Magnet Lower Academy is close to the district average of about 456 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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