Elementary · Michigan

Detroit Leadership Academy K8

CharterFree meals for all

Detroit Leadership Academy K8, a public elementary school in Detroit, Michigan: grades pre-k–8, 486 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Detroit Leadership Academy.

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: 486
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 16.8
Grades: Pre-K–8; Elementary

More students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

More students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 81% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Detroit Leadership Academy

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Detroit Leadership Academy.

Location

Address: 13550 Virgil St, Detroit, MI 48223
Phone: (313)242-1500
City or town: Detroit
County: Wayne County

Website 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
WashingtonParks AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–8	591	42.2	0.8 mi
Detroit Community Schools ElementaryCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	366	16.4	1.2 mi
Gompers ElementaryMiddle SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	749	17.3	1.4 mi
Fisher Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	341	15.4	1.4 mi
Jane Addams Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	297	16.3	1.5 mi
Vandenberg Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	280	12.9	1.8 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.

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