State/Public Elementary Open

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies

๐Ÿ“ 6501 W Outer Dr, Detroit, Wayne County, 48235

652
Pupils
15.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 652 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 70% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Detroit Public Schools Community District

Enrollment & staffing

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies enrolls 652 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.

Male students
300 (46%)
Female students
352 (54%)
Teachers (FTE)
42.6
Student-teacher ratio
15.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American63898%
Hispanic or Latino91.4%
White5<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

516 of the school's 652 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 496 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“8Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies 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 7.

School district: Detroit Public Schools Community District

Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies 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 652 students, Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies is larger than the district average of about 456 students per school.

48,828
District students
107
Schools
3,019
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

70%
Reading proficient
30%
Math proficient
33%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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