Summary:
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy is the sole elementary school in the data set, serving grades K-8 with an enrollment of 689 students. The school is part of the Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy district, which is ranked 504 out of 613 districts in Michigan and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. The school's academic performance, as measured by M-Step and PSAT test scores, is consistently well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 11.1% to 29.7%, compared to the state averages of 38.9% to 44.4%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 7.9% to 35.2%, compared to the state averages of 31.5% to 42.7%. The school's performance in Science and Social Studies is also significantly below the state averages.
Additionally, Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy has a very high percentage of students (98.4%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% is also significantly higher than the state average, which is likely a contributing factor to the low academic performance. Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending, the academic outcomes remain poor, suggesting that the resources may not be effectively allocated or utilized to support student learning.
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