Summary:
The Detroit Edison Public School Academy is the sole elementary school located within the Detroit Edison Public School Academy district in Detroit, Michigan. The school serves students from grades K-8 and has demonstrated strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts, science, and social studies assessments.
The school's test scores in English Language Arts are significantly higher than the state averages across multiple grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, 50.5% of 3rd graders, 58.5% of 4th graders, and 59% of 5th graders scored proficient or better on the M-Step ELA assessment, compared to state averages of 38.9%, 42.4%, and 44.4% respectively. Additionally, the school's 8th grade students outperformed the state averages in both Science (52.7% vs. 41.1%) and Social Studies (51.6% vs. 47%) on the M-Step assessments.
However, the school faces some demographic challenges, with a significant majority (76.49%) of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. Additionally, the school had a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% during that same year. Despite these challenges, the school appears to be allocating significant resources to support its students, as evidenced by its relatively high per-student spending of $13,494 in 2023-2024, although the high student-teacher ratio of 18.1 to 1 may indicate a need for additional staffing resources.
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