📍 15850 Strathmoor St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48227
John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 814 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy enrolls 814 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.1% Two or more races and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 800 | 98% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
746 of the school's 814 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 740 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.
John R King Academic and Performing Arts 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 3, state house district 8.
John R King Academic and Performing Arts 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 814 students, John R King Academic and Performing Arts Academy is larger 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
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