Grand River Academy

Grand River Academy is the sole public charter elementary school serving grades K-8 in Livonia, Michigan. With an enrollment of 759 students, the school faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by its low performance metrics and high rate of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

According to the data, Grand River Academy is ranked 1,303 out of 1,488 Michigan elementary schools and has a 1-out-of-5-star rating from School Digger. The school's academic proficiency rates across all grade levels and subject areas, including English language arts, math, science, and social studies, fall well below the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 19.2% of 3rd-graders were proficient in English language arts, compared to the state average of 38.9%.

Additionally, the school faces high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 29.5% of students chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year. This, combined with the school's high percentage of students (85.38%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggests that Grand River Academy serves a predominantly low-income student population, which can present additional challenges in terms of providing resources and support. The school's spending per student of $11,824 and student-teacher ratio of 20.5 to 1 indicate that it may be underfunded and understaffed, further contributing to the academic performance issues.