High · Michigan
WAY Academy Vernor Site
CharterAlternativeMostly virtualFree meals for allWAY Academy Vernor Site, a public high school in Detroit, Michigan: grades 6–12, 135 students, 88.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of W-A-Y Academy.
Size and class size
Compared with high 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
- 135
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1.5
- Students per teacher
- 88.8
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 99% of high schools in Michigan
Median 18.4 · 866 schools compared
More students per teacher than 100% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 70% of high schools in Michigan
Median 322 · 916 schools compared
Smaller than 77% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 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%30%proficient
A lower share proficient than 82% of high schools in Michigan
Median 44% · 153 high schools compared
10 students tested, grades 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Michigan: 35%30%proficient
A higher share proficient than 63% of high schools in Michigan
Median 26% · 153 high schools compared
10 students tested, grades 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
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- Charter school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Mostly virtual
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- W-A-Y Academy
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with W-A-Y Academy.
Location
- Address
- 8701 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI 48209
- Phone
- (313)444-8082
- City or town
- Detroit
- County
- Wayne County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Cesar Chavez Academy High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 730 | 19.8 |
SER Metro YouthBuild Learning AcademyCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 109 | 36.3 |
Voyageur College PrepCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 524 | 19.4 |
Western International High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,959 | 23.0 |
River Rouge High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 987 | 23.7 |
Covenant High School SouthwestCharterAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 164 | 27.5 |
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).
- 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.
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.
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