Elementary · Michigan

Rutherford Winans Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Rutherford Winans Academy, a public elementary school in Detroit, Michigan: grades pre-k–8, 152 students, 12.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rutherford Winans 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
152
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
12.7
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 93% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared

Smaller than 92% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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%

21%proficient

+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 42% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

98 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%

20%proficient

+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in Michigan

Median 37% · 1,440 elementary schools compared

97 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.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
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 Rutherford Winans Academy.

Location

Address
16411 Curtis St, Detroit, MI 48235
Phone
(313)852-0709
City or town
Detroit

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Detroit Achievement AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–835216.834%19%
Pre-K–871516.552%39%
Bow ElementaryMiddle SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–845915.019%9.3%
Pembroke AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–839015.069%62%
Pre-K–853214.811%5.1%
Cooke STEM AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–629611.417%11%

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

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 260101201297