Elementary · Michigan
MacDowell Preparatory Academy
CharterFree meals for allMacDowell Preparatory Academy, a public elementary school in Detroit, Michigan: grades pre-k–8, 362 students, 16.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of MacDowell Preparatory 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
- 362
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.5
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared
More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 51% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared
Smaller than 61% 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
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with MacDowell Preparatory Academy.
Location
- Address
- 4201 W Outer Dr, Detroit, MI 48221
- Phone
- (313)494-8141
- City or town
- Detroit
- County
- Wayne County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Bates AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 773 | 18.4 |
Vernor Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 340 | 17.4 |
Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and TechnologyFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 374 | 17.2 |
Schulze Academy for Technology and ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 630 | 18.5 |
Pasteur Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 310 | 11.7 |
Martin Luther King Jr Education Center AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 234 | 23.4 |
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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