North Saginaw Charter Academy

Summary:

North Saginaw Charter Academy is an elementary school serving 561 students in grades K-8 in Saginaw, Michigan, which is part of the Saginaw Township Community Schools district, ranked 446 out of 610 districts in the state.

While North Saginaw Charter Academy shares some similarities with nearby schools like Hemmeter Elementary and Sherwood Elementary in terms of student demographics and economic disadvantage, it stands out as an underperforming school. North Saginaw Charter Academy has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (62.75%) compared to the nearby schools, which range from 3.72% to 65.56%. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math are consistently lower than state and nearby school averages, ranging from 12.5% to 44.4% compared to the state's 37.5% to 44%. Additionally, North Saginaw Charter Academy has an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 32.4% to 64.8%, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools' rates of 7.1% to 65.6%.

Despite the challenges faced by North Saginaw Charter Academy, the school's high percentage of economically disadvantaged students and low academic performance suggest that it may require additional funding and resources to support its students and improve educational outcomes. Addressing the root causes of the school's chronic absenteeism and implementing effective strategies to address the unique needs of its diverse student population could be key focus areas for the school's improvement efforts.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 2332 Trautner Dr
       Saginaw, MI  48604-9593


(989) 249-5400

District: North Saginaw Charter Academy

SchoolDigger Rank:
983rd of 1,486 Michigan Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,125 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  17.2 Help
Number of students:  561

Racial breakdown:

African American:
62.7%
Hispanic:
17.1%
White:
11.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96.1% Help


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Compare Details North Saginaw Charter Academy ranks worse than 66.2% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.14. (See more...)
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Compare Details North Saginaw Charter Academy ranks worse than 69.9% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.63. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (62.7%), Hispanic (17.1%), White (11.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at North Saginaw Charter Academy is 17.2. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at North Saginaw Charter Academy is $14,125.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

North Saginaw Charter Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks North Saginaw Charter Academy 983rd of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See North Saginaw Charter Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks North Saginaw Charter Academy 627th of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See North Saginaw Charter Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks North Saginaw Charter Academy 446th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for North Saginaw Charter Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 73.00 340th 1545 78.0%
2007 54.70 901st 1565 42.4%
2008 38.76 1216th 1577 22.9%
2009 53.96 950th 1589 40.2%
2010 33.48 1280th 1552 17.5%
2011 34.42 1246th 1552 19.7%
2012 35.67 1129th 1566 27.9%
2013 26.78 1235th 1563 21.0%
2014 26.08 1215th 1533 20.7%
2015 19.41 1300th 1580 17.7%
2016 13.64 1336th 1548 13.7%
2017 11.05 1308th 1466 10.8%
2018 13.32 1305th 1448 9.9%
2019 13.46 1227th 1408 12.9%
2021 8.58 1092nd 1153 5.3%
2022 15.10 1154th 1344 14.1%
2023 31.34 978th 1470 33.5%
2024 32.14 983rd 1486 33.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.56 1225th 1397 12.3%
2019 22.99 936th 1134 17.5%
2021 16.31 688th 749 8.1%
2022 23.66 883rd 1099 19.7%
2023 46.18 692nd 1350 48.7%
2024 46.53 690th 1381 50.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.38 1269th 1443 12.1%
2019 13.19 1059th 1171 9.6%
2022 16.83 965th 1106 12.7%
2023 25.48 978th 1321 26.0%
2024 31.93 903rd 1342 32.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.42 1289th 1446 10.9%
2022 10.00 1063rd 1139 6.7%
2023 30.57 920th 1334 31.0%
2024 27.08 970th 1347 28.0%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.51 299th 475 37.1%
2019 33.71 136th 212 35.8%
2022 35.24 98th 158 38.0%
2023 59.82 86th 321 73.2%
2024 43.84 164th 348 52.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 62.91 54th 188 71.3%
2024 66.68 48th 201 76.1%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for North Saginaw Charter Academy

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Rank History for all middle school students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 56.00 449th 806 44.3%
2007 55.57 481st 823 41.6%
2008 52.13 536th 839 36.1%
2009 45.21 602nd 847 28.9%
2010 34.54 686th 851 19.4%
2011 25.46 725th 858 15.5%
2012 22.38 749th 900 16.8%
2013 14.80 805th 919 12.4%
2014 20.00 766th 921 16.8%
2015 17.23 755th 919 17.8%
2016 13.16 776th 894 13.2%
2017 11.97 735th 821 10.5%
2018 21.03 693rd 838 17.3%
2019 22.97 628th 792 20.7%
2021 9.35 643rd 675 4.7%
2022 18.51 629th 776 18.9%
2023 19.47 703rd 883 20.4%
2024 28.63 627th 897 30.1%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.65 612th 815 24.9%
2019 34.75 463rd 672 31.1%
2021 17.69 478th 523 8.6%
2022 30.70 503rd 691 27.2%
2023 25.63 638th 825 22.7%
2024 40.25 484th 836 42.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.61 610th 794 23.2%
2019 32.32 456th 658 30.7%
2022 23.04 523rd 657 20.4%
2023 22.22 610th 770 20.8%
2024 40.15 443rd 771 42.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.66 675th 797 15.3%
2022 14.81 583rd 658 11.4%
2023 24.82 582nd 776 25.0%
2024 24.09 604th 786 23.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at North Saginaw Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.26 203rd 366 44.5%
2019 57.76 72nd 196 63.3%
2022 34.03 115th 182 36.8%
2023 45.22 146th 310 52.9%
2024 41.84 140th 300 53.3%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a student
Saturday, February 4, 2012

Open Quote I am a student at NSCA and I have been going there for 7 years and this is my last one(did not attend 6th grade). This school has great academics but unfortunately this year many teachers have left in the middle of the year or are absent during the schools days. Seeing that I have seen most of the schools changes would say the way we are currently operating is not good. There is all new authority staff and not surprisingly the middle school isn't cooperating and the "authority" doesn't have any authority. Sadly we,the middle school students, have been through too many changes and are tired of it so we have occupied our time with drama and no ones stopping it making our learning experience minimum. The change in teachers and deans does affect us no matter what the little letter they send home say! This school is trying but right now I DO NOT recognize it to any middle school parents..Sorry. IM sure once the new teachers and staff settle in and put reins on these student everything will work PEEERRRRFECTLY smooth but at least as for elementary it is ABSOULUTELY wonderful!! So that is why I rated 3 stars..Thank you for reading this and I hope it helped :]] Close Quote



Enrollment information for North Saginaw Charter Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2000 105 57 1 18 0 n/a n/a 0 181
2001 273 87 2 45 3 n/a n/a 0 410
2002 376 101 7 66 1 n/a n/a 0 551
2003 376 101 7 66 1 n/a n/a 0 551
2004 362 130 4 65 1 n/a n/a 0 562
2005 296 132 6 64 2 n/a n/a 53 553
2006 299 176 12 88 3 n/a n/a 0 578
2007 278 222 14 87 3 n/a n/a 77 681
2008 246 280 15 89 3 n/a n/a 0 633
2009 177 237 14 74 1 n/a n/a 0 503
2010 149 304 9 68 2 n/a n/a 0 532
2011 142 277 5 59 3 1 27 0 514
2012 108 235 4 54 0 0 19 0 420
2013 70 188 5 35 0 1 18 0 317
2014 78 283 3 61 0 1 20 0 446
2015 56 358 2 83 0 0 30 0 529
2016 80 364 0 81 1 0 31 0 557
2017 55 361 3 72 1 0 33 0 525
2018 53 357 1 87 4 0 43 0 545
2019 54 337 0 72 4 0 45 0 512
2020 52 360 2 81 5 1 58 0 559
2021 55 374 1 82 3 2 59 0 576
2022 74 366 0 76 2 1 51 0 570
2023 62 352 0 96 0 0 51 0 561

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at North Saginaw Charter Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 181 12.5 14.5 0
2001 410 0.0 0.0 30.2
2002 551 n/a n/a 27.6
2003 551 n/a n/a 27.6
2004 562 32.3 17.4 29
2005 553 31.4 17.6 30.6
2006 578 31.1 18.6 48.6
2007 681 35.6 19.1 66.1
2008 633 35.1 18.0 65.6
2009 503 33.3 15.1 69.8
2010 532 31.2 17.0 77.4
2011 514 27.7 18.5 80.5
2012 420 25.0 16.8 80.7
2013 317 22.0 14.4 83.3
2014 446 23.0 19.3 87.2
2015 529 31.0 17.0 93.6
2016 557 31.0 17.9 92.1
2017 525 30.0 17.4 94.9
2018 545 29.0 18.7 95
2019 512 27.0 18.9 96.9
2020 559 31.0 18.0 97.1
2021 576 30.0 19.1 95.1
2022 570 30.0 18.9 95.3
2023 561 32.4 17.2 96.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio North Saginaw Charter Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 181 12.5 14.5 0
2001 410 0.0 0.0 30.2
2002 551 n/a n/a 27.6
2003 551 n/a n/a 27.6
2004 562 32.3 17.4 29
2005 553 31.4 17.6 30.6
2006 578 31.1 18.6 48.6
2007 681 35.6 19.1 66.1
2008 633 35.1 18.0 65.6
2009 503 33.3 15.1 69.8
2010 532 31.2 17.0 77.4
2011 514 27.7 18.5 80.5
2012 420 25.0 16.8 80.7
2013 317 22.0 14.4 83.3
2014 446 23.0 19.3 87.2
2015 529 31.0 17.0 93.6
2016 557 31.0 17.9 92.1
2017 525 30.0 17.4 94.9
2018 545 29.0 18.7 95
2019 512 27.0 18.9 96.9
2020 559 31.0 18.0 97.1
2021 576 30.0 19.1 95.1
2022 570 30.0 18.9 95.3
2023 561 32.4 17.2 96.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for North Saginaw Charter Academy

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,505 (11.9%) $11,170 (88.1%) $12,675
2020 $1,576 (12.5%) $11,034 (87.5%) $12,610
2021 $1,827 (15.3%) $10,117 (84.7%) $11,944
2022 $3,456 (25.0%) $10,374 (75.0%) $13,831
2023 $2,426 (17.2%) $11,699 (82.8%) $14,125

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on North Saginaw Charter Academy

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1227th of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 978th of 1470 Elementary schools
 20.6%
Ranks 628th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 703rd of 883 Middle schools
 0.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)1725
 8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)1725
 8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (North Saginaw Charter Academy)18.932.7
 13.8%
   3rd Grade Math (North Saginaw Charter Academy)18.932.7
 13.8%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)2547.2
 22.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)2547.2
 22.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
6th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)33.339.6
 6.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)33.339.6
 6.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (North Saginaw Charter Academy)13.310.2
 3.1%
   6th Grade Math (North Saginaw Charter Academy)13.310.2
 3.1%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.129.6
 5.5%
7th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)28.618.9
 9.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)28.618.9
 9.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
8th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)42.336.5
 5.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (North Saginaw Charter Academy)42.336.5
 5.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students512561
 9.6%
African American337352
 4.5%
American Indian40
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic7296
 33.3%
Pacific Islander00
White5462
 14.8%
Two or More Races4551
 13.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients96.9%96.1%
 0.8%


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North Saginaw Charter Academy ranks 983rd of 1486 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at North Saginaw Charter Academy are 63% African American, 17% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 561 students attended North Saginaw Charter Academy.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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