Elementary · Michigan

Cooke STEM Academy

Free meals for all

Cooke STEM Academy, a public elementary school in Detroit, Michigan: grades pre-k–6, 296 students, 11.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Detroit Public Schools Community District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 296
Teachers (FTE): 26.0
Students per teacher: 11.4
Grades: Pre-K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 68% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Detroit Public Schools Community District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Detroit Public Schools Community District.

Location

Address: 18800 Puritan St, Detroit, MI 48223
Phone: (313)494-7458
City or town: Detroit
County: Wayne County

Quality of life in Detroit Schools in Detroit

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Edison Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	279	13.0	1.0 mi
Emerson ElementaryMiddle SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	532	14.8	1.1 mi
Paul Robeson Malcolm X AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	303	15.9	1.2 mi
Rutherford Winans AcademyCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	152	12.7	1.3 mi
Detroit Achievement AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–8	352	16.8	1.5 mi
Gompers ElementaryMiddle SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	749	17.3	1.5 mi

Sources

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 260110304683