📍 16101 W Chicago St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48228
Henderson Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 520 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 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Henderson Academy enrolls 520 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
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 | 514 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 520 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 471 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Henderson 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 9.
Henderson 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 520 students, Henderson 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