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Carver STEM Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1454^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Carver STEM Academy is a PK-8 school in Detroit, MI, serving 435 students within the Detroit Public Schools Community District, where over 90% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Carver is currently facing significant challenges, with academic performance placing it in the lowest 3% of Michigan schools. The most pressing issue is chronic absenteeism: in the 2024-2025 school year, 72.7% of students were chronically absent—more than 2.5 times the state average and well above the district's already-high 60.9% rate. This level of disengagement directly impacts learning. For example, only 5.45% of 3rd graders were proficient in both English Language Arts and Math, compared to state averages above 38%. This pattern of single-digit proficiency is consistent across most grades and subjects, including math and science, despite the school's "STEM" designation. There is one bright spot: 25.9% of 8th graders were proficient in ELA on the PSAT, a notable outlier that may point to a successful intervention in the upper grades.

What makes Carver's situation particularly striking is the contrast with nearby schools. Just a mile or two away in the Dearborn City School District, schools like Maples Elementary School and Oakman Elementary School achieve proficiency rates of 30-70% with chronic absenteeism around 25-30%, despite serving similarly high-poverty populations. Even Warrendale Charter Academy, less than a mile away with a nearly identical demographic profile, posts 3rd-grade ELA proficiency of 30.6% versus Carver's 5.45%. Carver spends a substantial $21,739 per student—higher than many higher-performing schools—yet outcomes remain critically low. This combination of high spending, extreme absenteeism, and low achievement suggests that significant improvements are possible, but will require a comprehensive review of school culture, programs, and family engagement strategies.

435

Students ?

17.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,739

Per pupil spending ?

91.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

18701 Paul St
Detroit, MI 48228-3868

(313) 240-6622

District: Detroit Public Schools Community District

Students who attend Carver STEM Academy usually attend:

High:

Cody High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

86.0%

Hispanic:

7.6%

White:

5.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2023 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (9% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (73% vs 28% Michigan)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school9%

District avg16%

Michigan avg40%

Elementary school

1,454^th of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▲ up 2 pts since 2023

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

876^th of 896

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 5 pts since 2019

From bottom 8% (2019) to bottom 2% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

53^rd of 64Elementary Schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District

541^st of 625Detroit Public Schools Community District among Michigan districts

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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	6.1	1454 of 1492	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.3	1441 of 1488	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.8	1368 of 1486	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.2	1460 of 1470	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	19.3	341 of 388	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.8	317 of 369	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	268 of 348	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.0	458 of 475	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	5.6	1314 of 1338	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	1217 of 1342	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.8	1420 of 1443	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	9.4	1307 of 1352	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.8	1288 of 1346	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	1253 of 1381	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.3	1340 of 1350	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	1367 of 1397	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	5.6	1334 of 1366	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	1331 of 1446	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	6.2	876 of 896	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.9	856 of 890	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	855 of 897	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	858 of 883	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	745 of 776	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.9	732 of 792	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	18.7	301 of 337	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.6	319 of 338	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	250 of 300	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	244 of 366	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	8.0	752 of 789	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.4	766 of 789	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.8	758 of 771	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.3	747 of 794	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	7.8	816 of 834	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.8	794 of 832	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	777 of 836	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.0	802 of 825	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.3	648 of 691	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	601 of 672	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	759 of 815	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	783 of 798	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.1	760 of 786	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	713 of 797	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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

African American (2026)12th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2026)11th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2026)5th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts8%-32 vs state

Social Studies7%-32 vs state

Math6%-30 vs state

Mathematics6%-28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carver STEM Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	18701 Paul St	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 240-6622	435	25	17.4	91.3%	23 (5.3%)	374 (86.0%)	33 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	6.1	1454^th of 1492 public elementary schools	2.5%		6.3	1441^st of 1488 public elementary schools	3.2%	13	25.9	5.6	5.5	14.6	1464.2	5.0	8.9	5.5	1364.4	6.0	5.3	8.9	1468.9	1768.3	6.0	7.3	$21,739	$1,736	$20,003
The Dearborn Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	19310 Ford Rd	Dearborn	48128	Wayne County	The Dearborn Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 982-1300	518	32	16.1	94.2%	261 (50.4%)	40 (7.7%)	214 (41.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14	1298^th of 1492 public elementary schools	13.0%		11.2	1336^th of 1488 public elementary schools	10.2%	38	28.1	8.8	13.8	24.1	17.0	19.3	33.3	15.5	27.6	10.6	7.0	11.7	10.6	5.3	12.8	17.5	$18,563	$4,376	$14,187
Warrendale Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	19400 Sawyer St	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Warrendale Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 240-4200	680	43	15.9	97.4%	6 (0.9%)	585 (86.0%)	28 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (8.8%)	22.7	1128^th of 1492 public elementary schools	24.4%		16.5	1235^th of 1488 public elementary schools	17.0%	107	51.9	9.6	30.6	25.0	31.5	32.4	30.3	34.7	20.2	16.7	13.2	18.2	11.1	19.2	5.5	26.9	$14,735	$2,534	$12,201
River Oaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	20755 Ann Arbor Trl	Dearborn Heights	48127	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-6750	366	28	13.0	93.7%	329 (89.9%)	21 (5.7%)	5 (1.4%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	43.8	797^th of 1492 public elementary schools	46.6%		49	735^th of 1488 public elementary schools	50.6%	62			33.3	39.1	41.9			43.5	48.6	25.0			26.7		24.0		$19,221	$1,629	$17,591
Gardner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6528 Mansfield St	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 581-4615	239	14	16.7	80.3%	90 (37.7%)	113 (47.3%)	33 (13.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	11.1	1348^th of 1492 public elementary schools	9.7%		8.5	1385^th of 1488 public elementary schools	6.9%	37			8.6	11.5	23.1			13.2	11.1	20.0			12.5		1466.0		$24,447	$1,970	$22,477
Detroit Premier Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	7781 Asbury Park	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Detroit Premier Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 945-1472	706	44	16.1	90.8%	11 (1.6%)	603 (85.4%)	26 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (9.3%)	10.7	1357^th of 1492 public elementary schools	9.0%		13.9	1278^th of 1488 public elementary schools	14.1%	79	53.1	28.4	15.7	16.7	17.9	24.1	20.0	15.7	7.1	8.3	11.5	17.6	9.6	21.0	3.6	29.3	$14,134	$1,886	$12,247
Maples Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6801 Mead St	Dearborn	48126	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-6454	541	39	14.0	94.5%	532 (98.3%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	49.7	698^th of 1492 public elementary schools	53.2%		55.4	640^th of 1488 public elementary schools	57.0%	58			57.5	30.3	46.7			66.7	36.4	35.8			25.5		12.8		$18,549	$1,693	$16,856
Henry Ford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	16140 Driscoll St	Dearborn	48126	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-4700	697	51	13.8	90.0%	663 (95.1%)	6 (0.9%)	5 (0.7%)	18 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32.8	958^th of 1492 public elementary schools	35.8%		42.5	828^th of 1488 public elementary schools	44.4%	130			17.2	31.1	36.4			40.0	41.1	30.4			23.2		15.2		$20,230	$1,627	$18,603
Dixon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8401 Trinity St	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 945-1330	485	29	16.8	94.8%	0 (0.0%)	475 (97.9%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6.7	1444^th of 1492 public elementary schools	3.2%		5	1473^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	1.0%	29	34.0	8.0	1262.6	1359.2	1458.2	8.5	8.7	11.4	8.7	1461.1	1553.3	10.9	1465.2	10.0	1459.4	18.4	$21,528	$1,644	$19,884
William Ford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	14749 Alber St	Dearborn	48126	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-6400	580	45	12.9	89.0%	567 (97.8%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30	1003^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	32.8%		39.7	869^th of 1488 public elementary schools	41.6%	134			23.2	27.5	32.6			28.6	32.9	35.4			27.1		16.7		$20,942	$1,458	$19,484

Frequently Asked Questions about Carver STEM Academy

What schools do graduates of Carver STEM Academy attend?

Students who attend Carver STEM Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Cody High School

How many students attend Carver STEM Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 435 students attended Carver STEM Academy.

Is Carver STEM Academy a good school?

Carver STEM Academy ranks in the bottom 2.5% of Michigan elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Carver STEM Academy?

Students at Carver STEM Academy are 86% African American, 8% Hispanic, 5% White.

What district is Carver STEM Academy in?

Detroit Public Schools Community District

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