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Advanced Technology Academy

Public, Magnet, Charter, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12
1394th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,492 Michigan Alternative Schools
Better than 7% of Michigan alternative schools
Summary

Advanced Technology Academy (ATA) is a public, alternative school in Dearborn, MI, serving 1,207 students from Pre-K through 12th grade as its own district, with over 92% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.

The most encouraging news for parents is ATA's graduation rate, which reached 87.7% in 2024-2025—above the state average of 84.0% and a remarkable jump from 77.9% just a few years earlier. This outpaces several nearby alternative schools like River Rouge Alternative Virtual Academy (46.0%) and Vista Meadows Academy (38.7%). However, there's a striking disconnect: while students are graduating at high rates, academic proficiency on state tests remains very low. For example, only 12.7% of 4th graders were proficient in ELA (state: 41.3%), and math proficiency is critically low across all grades—just 4.55% for 9th-grade PSAT math (state: 33.5%). This suggests the school may prioritize credit recovery and graduation pathways over rigorous academic mastery.

Parents should also note that ATA has a very high student-to-teacher ratio of 26.3:1, much larger than nearby Howe Trainable Center and Montessori (8.4:1) or Universal Academy (17.2:1). Chronic absenteeism affects 39.6% of students—higher than the state average of 27.9%—which likely contributes to academic struggles. There are bright spots, though: 8th-grade PSAT ELA proficiency jumped to 63.6% in 2024-2025, showing the student body can achieve when supported. Interestingly, nearby New Paradigm College Prep serves a similar demographic yet posts dramatically higher scores (75% 4th-grade math proficiency vs. ATA's 10.1%), suggesting improvement is possible. ATA also spends more per student ($13,193) than many peers, yet that funding doesn't translate to smaller classes—a question worth asking school leadership.

1,207
Students ?
26.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,193
Per pupil spending ?
92%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 4801 Oakman Blvd
       Dearborn, MI  48126-3755

(313) 625-4700

District: Advanced Technology Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:
71.6%
Hispanic:
25.7%
White:
2.0%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2023 → 20th in 2026
Strengths
✓88% graduate in 4 years — above the Michigan average (84%)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2023
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Michigan average (20% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (40% vs 28% Michigan)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school20%
District avg20%
Michigan avg43%
Elementary school
1,394th of 1,492
Michigan public elementary schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 7 pts since 2016
From bottom 13% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
736th of 896
Michigan public middle schools ?
Bottom 18%▲ up 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
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High school
641st of 800
Michigan public high schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 24% (2016) to bottom 20% (2026)
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★★★★★
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Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
20268.91394 of 14926.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.21420 of 14884.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.61422 of 14864.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.01362 of 14707.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.71312 of 13442.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.61146 of 11530.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.41293 of 14088.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.91224 of 144815.5%★☆☆☆☆
20178.51351 of 14667.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201613.31341 of 154813.4%★☆☆☆☆
201514.71373 of 158013.1%★☆☆☆☆
20149.91417 of 15337.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201311.41428 of 15638.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201213.31437 of 15668.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201116.11424 of 15528.2%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202617.4353 of 3889.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.8331 of 36910.3%★☆☆☆☆
202415.9323 of 3487.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.3281 of 32112.5%★☆☆☆☆
202218.9134 of 15815.2%★☆☆☆☆
201925.6160 of 21224.5%★☆☆☆☆
201849.8194 of 47559.2%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202333.1121 of 18032.8%★★☆☆☆
201856.8103 of 27061.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202610.61257 of 13436.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.31281 of 13384.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.71297 of 13423.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.41263 of 13214.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.71105 of 11060.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.41128 of 11713.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.31232 of 144314.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202620.2190 of 22515.6%★☆☆☆☆
202519.0181 of 20913.4%★☆☆☆☆
202424.9159 of 20120.9%★☆☆☆☆
202321.1155 of 18817.6%★☆☆☆☆
201844.1119 of 22246.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202612.71246 of 13527.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.11283 of 13464.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.71320 of 13814.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.71236 of 13508.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.51071 of 10992.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.1744 of 7490.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.01031 of 11349.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201827.41102 of 139721.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
20265.61352 of 13721.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.21344 of 13661.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.91326 of 13471.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.01261 of 13345.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.31123 of 11391.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.71113 of 11966.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.01184 of 144618.1%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202617.3736 of 89617.9%★☆☆☆☆
202523.8653 of 89026.6%★☆☆☆☆
202415.4756 of 89715.7%★☆☆☆☆
202311.7789 of 88310.6%★☆☆☆☆
20227.9739 of 7764.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.9660 of 6752.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.8666 of 79215.9%★☆☆☆☆
201820.5696 of 83816.9%★☆☆☆☆
20177.7776 of 8215.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201615.4754 of 89415.7%★☆☆☆☆
201523.9697 of 91924.2%★☆☆☆☆
201415.5788 of 92114.4%★☆☆☆☆
201321.6756 of 91917.7%★☆☆☆☆
201219.6766 of 90014.9%★☆☆☆☆
201127.3713 of 85816.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202637.4188 of 33744.2%★★☆☆☆
202544.5151 of 33855.3%★★★☆☆
202434.4182 of 30039.3%★★☆☆☆
202328.0217 of 31030.0%★★☆☆☆
202226.0142 of 18222.0%★☆☆☆☆
201945.5100 of 19649.0%★★★☆☆
201844.3176 of 36651.9%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202643.855 of 10849.1%★★★☆☆
202554.945 of 10657.5%★★★☆☆
202440.248 of 8845.5%★★☆☆☆
202347.830 of 7258.3%★★★☆☆
201862.041 of 15473.4%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202615.9669 of 78915.2%★☆☆☆☆
202520.5633 of 78919.8%★☆☆☆☆
202417.3665 of 77113.7%★☆☆☆☆
20239.7718 of 7706.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.2633 of 6573.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.8589 of 65810.5%★☆☆☆☆
201818.4651 of 79418.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202621.6221 of 26015.0%★☆☆☆☆
202534.5166 of 26537.4%★★☆☆☆
202421.2222 of 25713.6%★☆☆☆☆
202317.1215 of 24612.6%★☆☆☆☆
201944.676 of 13744.5%★★☆☆☆
201837.9174 of 26634.6%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202627.2613 of 83426.5%★☆☆☆☆
202534.5544 of 83234.6%★★☆☆☆
202421.3671 of 83619.7%★☆☆☆☆
202316.7713 of 82513.6%★☆☆☆☆
202210.6656 of 6915.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.1505 of 5233.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.2553 of 67217.7%★☆☆☆☆
201829.8610 of 81525.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202614.8711 of 81312.5%★☆☆☆☆
202524.2601 of 79824.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.2700 of 78610.9%★☆☆☆☆
202311.8703 of 7769.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.8548 of 63914.2%★☆☆☆☆
201821.3634 of 79720.5%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202616.3641 of 80019.9%★☆☆☆☆
202516.9606 of 73918.0%★☆☆☆☆
202410.0666 of 74310.4%★☆☆☆☆
202316.0623 of 73515.2%★☆☆☆☆
20217.7536 of 5614.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.1594 of 66610.8%★☆☆☆☆
201817.1633 of 82423.2%★☆☆☆☆
201717.0603 of 83527.8%★☆☆☆☆
201617.5647 of 85224.1%★☆☆☆☆
201524.2631 of 83224.2%★☆☆☆☆
201412.1674 of 79915.6%★☆☆☆☆
201320.1607 of 80524.6%★☆☆☆☆
201214.2640 of 77317.2%★☆☆☆☆
201119.6627 of 78420.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202643.7125 of 25250.4%★★★☆☆
202538.7102 of 19246.9%★★☆☆☆
202428.3135 of 18828.2%★☆☆☆☆
202343.980 of 17052.9%★★★☆☆
201934.589 of 14739.5%★★☆☆☆
201833.7147 of 25442.1%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
201860.416 of 10284.3%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202616.2569 of 68617.1%★☆☆☆☆
202515.2532 of 62915.4%★☆☆☆☆
20245.9591 of 6194.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.8540 of 61111.6%★☆☆☆☆
20199.4504 of 5549.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.4568 of 71020.0%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202625.1209 of 25919.3%★☆☆☆☆
202517.6174 of 20314.3%★☆☆☆☆
202410.7184 of 1955.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.364 of 9734.0%★★☆☆☆
201829.0134 of 20133.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202622.8566 of 71921.3%★☆☆☆☆
202523.9491 of 63522.7%★☆☆☆☆
202413.0584 of 65410.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.9532 of 61413.4%★☆☆☆☆
202113.7390 of 4176.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.0459 of 53213.7%★☆☆☆☆
201823.2561 of 75525.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202614.4589 of 69315.0%★☆☆☆☆
202516.2537 of 62814.5%★☆☆☆☆
20249.2588 of 6337.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.5514 of 61115.9%★☆☆☆☆
202110.2445 of 4725.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.5493 of 5439.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.6583 of 70717.5%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2023)33rd percentile+25 vs school
Hispanic (2026)16th percentile+9 vs school
African American (2026)9th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school
Female (2026)6th percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile-5 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)49th percentile+31 vs school
African American (2026)44th percentile+26 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)26th percentile+9 vs school
Female (2026)15th percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)15th percentile-3 vs school
Male (2026)13th percentile-5 vs school
High school
English Language Learner (2018)84th percentile+61 vs school
African American (2026)50th percentile+31 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)21st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)19th percentile~ school
Female (2026)17th percentile-3 vs school
Male (2026)15th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?
Social Studies26%-21 vs state
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing22%-30 vs state
Science20%-18 vs state
English Language Arts13%-27 vs state
Math11%-26 vs state
Mathematics9%-23 vs state

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Students at Advanced Technology Academy are 72% African American, 26% Hispanic, 2% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,207 students attended Advanced Technology Academy.

Advanced Technology Academy ranks in the bottom 6.6% of Michigan alternative schools.

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