📍 2301 van Dyke St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48214
Garvey Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 362 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 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Garvey Academy enrolls 362 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American, <1% Asian and <1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 359 | 99% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
315 of the school's 362 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 310 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Garvey 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 1, state house district 6.
Garvey 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 362 students, Garvey 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