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Gompers ElementaryMiddle School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1476^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,488 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Gompers ElementaryMiddle School is a public school in Detroit, Michigan, serving 807 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, which is ranked 549 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Gompers has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Michigan, with academic proficiency rates significantly below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 3.37% of 3rd graders were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to 12.9% for the district and 38.9% statewide. The school also has extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 29.5% to 72.5% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, 90-92% of Gompers' students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

While Gompers spends more per student than some nearby schools, such as Cooke STEM Academy and Edison Elementary, this higher spending does not seem to translate into improved academic outcomes. These nearby schools, while still underperforming compared to state averages, generally have higher proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism than Gompers. For example, Cooke STEM Academy had 27.9% of 6th graders proficient in English Language Arts, compared to only 7.3% at Gompers.

749

Students ?

17.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,459

Per pupil spending ?

91.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14450 Burt Rd
Detroit, MI 48223

(313) 494-7495

District: Detroit Public Schools Community District

Students who attend Gompers ElementaryMiddle School usually attend:

High:

Cody High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

97.5%

Two or more races:

1.3%

Hispanic:

0.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2019 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (10% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (71% vs 28% Michigan)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school10%

District avg15%

Michigan avg40%

Elementary school

1,476^th of 1,488

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 9 pts since 2019

From bottom 10% (2019) to bottom 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

823^rd of 890

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 8%▼ down 6 pts since 2019

From bottom 14% (2019) to bottom 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

62^nd of 65Elementary Schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District

549^th of 613Detroit 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
2025	4.9	1476 of 1488	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.0	1480 of 1486	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.8	1450 of 1470	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.6	1328 of 1344	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.7	1270 of 1408	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	12.0	361 of 369	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	345 of 348	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	304 of 321	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.7	149 of 158	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	150 of 212	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	362 of 475	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	4.4	1331 of 1338	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.3	1342 of 1342	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	1290 of 1321	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.8	1012 of 1171	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.4	1375 of 1443	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	6.4	1333 of 1346	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.0	1374 of 1381	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.4	1331 of 1350	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.3	1090 of 1099	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.3	1009 of 1134	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.3	1297 of 1397	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	4.2	1358 of 1366	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.0	1338 of 1347	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.7	1332 of 1334	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	1135 of 1196	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	1336 of 1446	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	9.3	823 of 890	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	758 of 897	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	813 of 883	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	732 of 776	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.3	681 of 792	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	260 of 338	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.0	202 of 300	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.5	245 of 310	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.2	146 of 182	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.0	124 of 196	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	223 of 366	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	8.2	749 of 789	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	586 of 771	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.8	699 of 770	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	599 of 657	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.5	563 of 658	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	634 of 794	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	10.8	782 of 832	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	703 of 836	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.9	747 of 825	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	639 of 691	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	551 of 672	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	648 of 815	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	9.1	749 of 798	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	741 of 786	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.6	733 of 776	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.2	594 of 639	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.5	687 of 797	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2025)23rd percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies14%-24 vs state

Mathematics13%-17 vs state

Science11%-30 vs state

English Language Arts7%-34 vs state

Math6%-30 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)					M-Step Math (2025)					M-Step Science (2025)		M-Step Social Studies (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
Gompers ElementaryMiddle School	Public	PK, KG-8	14450 Burt Rd	Detroit	48223	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-7495	749	43	17.3	91.3%	3 (0.4%)	730 (97.5%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.3%)	4.9	1476^th of 1488 public elementary schools	0.8%		4	1480^th of 1486 public elementary schools	0.4%	4	26.3	13.2	3.4	7.0	10.3	7.3	7.0	10.1			4.2	4.2	6.3	16.0	4.1	26.7	$18,459	$2,564	$15,896
Detroit Community Schools Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	12675 Burt Rd	Detroit	48223	Wayne County	Detroit Community Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 537-3570	366	22	16.4	87.7%	0 (0.0%)	365 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)	8.5				8.3							8.0					$13,825	$3,209	$10,616
Detroit Leadership Academy K8	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	13550 Virgil St	Detroit	48223	Wayne County	Detroit Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 242-1500	486	29	16.7	91.2%	2 (0.4%)	479 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	9.4	1368^th of 1488 public elementary schools	8.1%		11.6	1319^th of 1486 public elementary schools	11.2%	49	27.7		10.7	9.1	26.8		10.6	14.3	9.1			6.4	20.0	8.3	7.5	8.3	$14,549	$3,891	$10,659
Cooke STEM Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	18800 Puritan St	Detroit	48223	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-7458	296	26	11.3	86.5%	2 (0.7%)	288 (97.3%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	12.7	1307^th of 1488 public elementary schools	12.2%		9.7	1351^st of 1486 public elementary schools	9.1%	44			12.8	8.3	17.4	27.9		15.4			16.3		13.0		6.5		$21,533	$2,326	$19,207
Edison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	17045 Grand River Ave	Detroit	48227	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 852-1066	279	22	12.9	87.8%	3 (1.1%)	263 (94.3%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	27.4	1049^th of 1488 public elementary schools	29.5%		23	1127^th of 1486 public elementary schools	24.2%	78			18.8		27.6			30.6	8.1	24.1			17.9		57.1		$20,776	$2,705	$18,071
Mann Learning Community	Public	PK, KG-5	19625 Elmira St	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 866-9580	359	24	14.9	91.1%	0 (0.0%)	342 (95.3%)	15 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	8.3	1389^th of 1488 public elementary schools	6.7%		6.2	1435^th of 1486 public elementary schools	3.4%	46			10.4	16.7	23.5			12.1	7.3				9.8		7.8		$20,420	$2,059	$18,361
Old Redford Academy Elementary	Public, Magnet, Charter	PK, KG-4	17195 Redford St	Detroit	48219	Wayne County	Old Redford Academy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 532-7510	265	14	18.9	84.5%	1 (0.4%)	256 (96.6%)	4 (1.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	5.1	1472^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	1.1%		7.1	1413^th of 1486 public elementary schools	4.9%	59			5.4	11.3				7.1	9.4								$19,423	$7,586	$11,837
WashingtonParks Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	11685 Appleton	Redford	48239	Wayne County	Washington-Parks Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 592-6061	591	14	42.2	90.2%	0 (0.0%)	585 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	5.8	1449^th of 1488 public elementary schools	2.6%		7.5	1402^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	5.7%	47	48.3		6.3	7.7	11.1	15.2	15.0	6.3		4.8			7.9	16.9	4.8	13.3	$00	$00	$00
Dossin ElementaryMiddle School	Public	PK, KG-8	16650 Glendale St	Detroit	48227	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 866-9390	283	21	13.4	91.9%	0 (0.0%)	275 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	8.9	1375^th of 1488 public elementary schools	7.6%		8.1	1380^th of 1486 public elementary schools	7.1%	5	37.1	11.4	10.7		14.7	16.7		10.7					11.8	13.9	11.8	13.9	$23,353	$1,963	$21,389
Detroit Innovation Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	18211 Plymouth Rd	Detroit	48228	Wayne County	Detroit Innovation Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 736-5537	335	22	15.2	86.9%	0 (0.0%)	330 (98.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10.5	1345^th of 1488 public elementary schools	9.6%					(n/a)	33.3		15.2	16.7	17.1	20.5	40.0	15.2		8.6	7.7	10.0	11.4	25.0		25.0	$10,895	$3,869	$7,027

Frequently Asked Questions about Gompers ElementaryMiddle School

How many students attend Gompers ElementaryMiddle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 749 students attended Gompers ElementaryMiddle School.

What is the racial makeup of Gompers ElementaryMiddle School?

Students at Gompers ElementaryMiddle School are 97% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Gompers ElementaryMiddle School in?

Detroit Public Schools Community District

Is Gompers ElementaryMiddle School a good school?

Gompers ElementaryMiddle School ranks in the bottom 0.8% of Michigan elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Gompers ElementaryMiddle School attend?

Students who attend Gompers ElementaryMiddle School usually go on to attend:

High : Cody High School

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