Charter school agency · Michigan
Detroit Leadership Academy
Detroit Leadership Academy in Michigan: 2 public schools with 757 students and 16.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year.
- Schools
- 2
- 2 charter
- Students
- 757
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- MI 15.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- —
- MI $16.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.3
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Students per counselor
- —
- MI 495 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%14%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 95% of school districts in Michigan
Median 40% · 754 school districts compared
290 students tested, grades 3–8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Michigan: 35%7.9%proficient
+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 94% of school districts in Michigan
Median 29% · 753 school districts compared
290 students tested, grades 3–8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
The Census Bureau publishes no finances for this agency.
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detroit Leadership Academy K8CharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 486 | 16.8 | 14% | 7.9% |
Detroit Leadership Academy High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 7–12 | 271 | 16.6 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 13550 Virgil St, Detroit, MI 48223
- Phone
- (313)977-9178
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.