Summary:
The Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School is the sole middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences district. With a total enrollment of 360 students, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Michigan middle schools over the past three years and holds a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating poor overall performance.
Academically, the school struggles, with proficiency rates on state assessments significantly below state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 6th-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 25.2%, compared to the state average of 38.6%, and its 7th-grade Math proficiency rate was 11.1%, compared to the state average of 33.3%. The school also faces challenges with student engagement and attendance, reporting a chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite the school's low performance, it serves a high-poverty student population, with 97.5% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The school's spending per student for the 2023-2024 school year was $16,060, which is higher than the state average, likely reflecting the need to support the unique needs of its student body. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.4, this alone does not appear to be enough to overcome the significant challenges the school faces in providing a high-quality education to its students.
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