Summary:
There are five elementary schools serving zip code 48021 in Eastpointe, Michigan, four of which belong to the Eastpointe Community Schools district, alongside the independent charter school Eaton Academy, which serves grades K-8 and enrolls a combined total of 1,396 students in a community facing significant economic challenges.
For parents, the most important takeaway is that Eaton Academy stands out as the strongest option in the area, despite all schools ranking in the bottom 10% statewide. It has the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 41.6%, the best student-teacher ratio at 14.4:1, and dramatically higher 3rd grade math proficiency at 26.3%—more than four times the rate at Forest Park Elementary School (5.77%). Eaton Academy also posts the strongest 8th grade PSAT ELA performance at 54.2%, approaching the state average. In contrast, Crescentwood Elementary School ranks at the very bottom (1st percentile) despite spending the most per student at $20,815, while Bellview Elementary School has the highest chronic absenteeism at 64.0%—meaning nearly two-thirds of its students miss significant school time.
Across the board, academic proficiency is alarmingly low, with ELA scores ranging from 5.77% to 21.4% and math from 4.35% to 26.3%, compared to state averages of 38-44% and 32-43%, respectively. Chronic absenteeism is a community-wide crisis, exceeding the state average of 27.9% by at least 49% at every school. Interestingly, Pleasantview Elementary School shows a troubling decline in ELA proficiency across all grades from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, while Forest Park shows a relative strength in 5th grade science at 18.4%. The spending paradox is striking—Crescentwood spends the most yet achieves the least, suggesting that funding alone cannot overcome the systemic challenges of extreme poverty and absenteeism that affect all five schools in this zip code.
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