📍 18800 Puritan St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48223
Cooke STEM Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 334 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cooke STEM Academy enrolls 334 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American, <1% White and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 332 | 99% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 334 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 264 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cooke STEM Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 5, state house district 8.
Cooke STEM 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 334 students, Cooke STEM Academy is smaller than 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