Metro Charter Academy

Summary:

Metro Charter Academy is an elementary school located in Romulus, Michigan that serves 559 students from kindergarten to 8th grade. The school is part of the Romulus Community Schools district, which is ranked 343 out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Metro Charter Academy faces several challenges, including low academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math generally below the state average across most grade levels. The school's performance is particularly low in Math, with proficiency rates ranging from 21.2% to 33.3% compared to the state averages of 31% to 43.4%. However, the school does show some strengths, such as higher-than-average proficiency rates in 5th-grade English Language Arts (64.7%) and 7th-grade English Language Arts (53.2%). Additionally, Metro Charter Academy has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 46% of students chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the state average of 22.4% in 2020-2021.

Despite these challenges, Metro Charter Academy's performance is generally better than nearby schools in the Wayne-Westland Community School District and Romulus Community Schools, particularly for its African American student population. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Metro Charter Academy's African American students ranked 42nd out of 348 Michigan elementary schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, while the nearby schools had lower rankings and proficiency rates. However, the school's overall performance is still below the state average, indicating that there is room for improvement.


Detail:

Public, Charter K-8

 34800 Ecorse Rd
       Romulus, MI  48174-1642


(734) 641-3200

District: Metro Charter Academy

SchoolDigger Rank:
879th of 1,486 Michigan Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,367 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  17.4 Help
Number of students:  559

Racial breakdown:

African American:
82.5%
Two or more races:
11.8%
White:
3.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  81.4% Help


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Compare Details Metro Charter Academy ranks worse than 59.2% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.38. (See more...)
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Compare Details Metro Charter Academy ranks better than 50.6% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.07. (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 (82.5%), two or more races (11.8%), White (3.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Metro Charter Academy is 17.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Metro Charter Academy is $12,367.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Metro Charter Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Metro Charter Academy 879th of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See Metro Charter Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Metro Charter Academy 443rd of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See Metro Charter Academy in the ranking list.)

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Metro Charter Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Metro Charter Academy 343rd of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Metro Charter Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 52.91 903rd 1545 41.6%
2007 51.88 960th 1565 38.7%
2008 56.05 874th 1577 44.6%
2009 56.71 886th 1589 44.2%
2010 57.06 917th 1552 40.9%
2011 59.20 803rd 1552 48.3%
2012 50.72 823rd 1566 47.4%
2013 45.18 925th 1563 40.8%
2014 44.43 936th 1533 38.9%
2015 46.42 895th 1580 43.4%
2016 45.52 860th 1548 44.4%
2017 53.49 626th 1466 57.3%
2018 49.58 799th 1448 44.8%
2019 39.73 840th 1408 40.3%
2021 16.59 995th 1153 13.7%
2022 32.48 882nd 1344 34.4%
2023 32.93 953rd 1470 35.2%
2024 38.38 879th 1486 40.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.99 282nd 403 30.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.55 662nd 1397 52.6%
2019 52.58 492nd 1134 56.6%
2021 31.16 554th 749 26.0%
2022 47.97 537th 1099 51.1%
2023 44.55 726th 1350 46.2%
2024 46.96 683rd 1381 50.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.59 643rd 1443 55.4%
2019 42.64 679th 1171 42.0%
2021 13.76 840th 902 6.9%
2022 38.85 664th 1106 40.0%
2023 35.58 832nd 1321 37.0%
2024 37.66 805th 1342 40.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.61 913th 1446 36.9%
2019 35.57 780th 1196 34.8%
2021 18.31 791st 915 13.6%
2022 35.50 731st 1139 35.8%
2023 29.86 928th 1334 30.4%
2024 32.92 890th 1347 33.9%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.91 17th 475 96.4%
2019 82.63 22nd 212 89.6%
2021 50.76 23rd 51 54.9%
2022 68.01 38th 158 75.9%
2023 58.56 92nd 321 71.3%
2024 75.23 42nd 348 87.9%
See the entire list of Best Michigan Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Metro Charter Academy

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Rank History for all middle school students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 58.57 412th 806 48.9%
2007 66.62 310th 823 62.3%
2008 62.56 399th 839 52.4%
2009 55.71 506th 847 40.3%
2010 50.99 558th 851 34.4%
2011 60.86 415th 858 51.6%
2012 57.83 369th 900 59.0%
2013 59.25 355th 919 61.4%
2014 57.88 388th 921 57.9%
2015 59.54 348th 919 62.1%
2016 41.30 529th 894 40.8%
2017 35.04 504th 821 38.6%
2018 49.50 439th 838 47.6%
2019 39.65 468th 792 40.9%
2021 30.43 475th 675 29.6%
2022 37.05 483rd 776 37.8%
2023 35.97 555th 883 37.1%
2024 47.07 443rd 897 50.6%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.65 288th 377 23.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.67 385th 815 52.8%
2019 53.28 281st 672 58.2%
2021 49.71 223rd 523 57.4%
2022 50.28 310th 691 55.1%
2023 47.65 392nd 825 52.5%
2024 51.82 342nd 836 59.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.72 330th 794 58.4%
2019 38.54 394th 658 40.1%
2022 57.81 219th 657 66.7%
2023 41.24 433rd 770 43.8%
2024 46.58 365th 771 52.7%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.56 531st 797 33.4%
2019 36.40 405th 639 36.6%
2022 21.09 538th 658 18.2%
2023 36.20 482nd 776 37.9%
2024 48.14 371st 786 52.8%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Metro Charter Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.05 30th 366 91.8%
2019 73.77 35th 196 82.1%
2021 73.27 13th 77 83.1%
2022 71.57 36th 182 80.2%
2023 64.12 85th 310 72.6%
2024 75.59 40th 300 86.7%
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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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Data source: Michigan Department of Education

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by a parent
Monday, May 20, 2019

Open Quote This school groups students by ability- low, low, high....all behavior issues are in one class. It is horrible. The school just wants money and seats filled. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Metro Charter Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2001 221 144 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 371
2002 314 249 6 8 0 n/a n/a 0 577
2003 314 249 6 8 0 n/a n/a 0 577
2004 320 283 12 11 2 n/a n/a 0 628
2005 270 331 16 10 2 n/a n/a 0 629
2006 224 396 16 15 2 n/a n/a 0 653
2007 210 404 12 11 2 n/a n/a 40 679
2008 210 446 14 10 1 n/a n/a 0 681
2009 205 461 14 16 1 n/a n/a 0 697
2010 186 505 17 13 0 n/a n/a 0 721
2011 158 498 11 17 0 0 44 0 728
2012 143 523 14 14 0 0 42 0 736
2013 117 536 7 20 0 1 48 0 729
2014 117 548 2 12 1 1 56 0 737
2015 115 546 4 24 1 2 44 0 736
2016 103 588 6 21 2 1 38 0 759
2017 72 606 6 16 1 0 50 0 751
2018 49 608 5 16 2 0 43 0 723
2019 42 621 4 16 0 0 43 0 726
2020 35 520 2 18 0 0 51 0 626
2021 45 573 3 16 0 0 77 0 714
2022 22 463 1 10 2 0 69 0 567
2023 18 461 1 12 1 0 66 0 559

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 Metro Charter Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2001 371 17.0 21.8 16.7
2002 577 n/a n/a 31.4
2003 577 n/a n/a 31.4
2004 628 33.6 18.7 31.2
2005 629 36.8 17.1 37
2006 653 29.9 21.8 33.7
2007 679 35.5 19.1 41.8
2008 681 38.0 17.9 47.1
2009 697 35.8 19.5 48.5
2010 721 36.7 19.6 56.9
2011 728 34.6 21.0 57.1
2012 736 34.0 21.6 56.5
2013 729 36.5 19.9 63.4
2014 737 36.3 20.3 65.5
2015 736 37.0 19.8 67.8
2016 759 37.0 20.5 68.4
2017 751 35.0 21.4 70.2
2018 723 37.0 19.5 72.3
2019 726 34.5 21.0 74.8
2020 626 37.5 16.6 71.4
2021 714 37.5 18.9 73.8
2022 567 30.5 18.5 75.5
2023 559 32.0 17.4 81.4

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 Metro Charter Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2001 371 17.0 21.8 16.7
2002 577 n/a n/a 31.4
2003 577 n/a n/a 31.4
2004 628 33.6 18.7 31.2
2005 629 36.8 17.1 37
2006 653 29.9 21.8 33.7
2007 679 35.5 19.1 41.8
2008 681 38.0 17.9 47.1
2009 697 35.8 19.5 48.5
2010 721 36.7 19.6 56.9
2011 728 34.6 21.0 57.1
2012 736 34.0 21.6 56.5
2013 729 36.5 19.9 63.4
2014 737 36.3 20.3 65.5
2015 736 37.0 19.8 67.8
2016 759 37.0 20.5 68.4
2017 751 35.0 21.4 70.2
2018 723 37.0 19.5 72.3
2019 726 34.5 21.0 74.8
2020 626 37.5 16.6 71.4
2021 714 37.5 18.9 73.8
2022 567 30.5 18.5 75.5
2023 559 32.0 17.4 81.4

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Metro Charter Academy

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $932 (9.8%) $8,572 (90.2%) $9,504
2020 $907 (8.6%) $9,602 (91.4%) $10,509
2021 $1,194 (12.2%) $8,630 (87.9%) $9,823
2022 $1,950 (16.3%) $10,004 (83.7%) $11,955
2023 $1,601 (12.9%) $10,766 (87.1%) $12,367

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Metro Charter Academy

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 840th of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 953rd of 1470 Elementary schools
 5.2%
Ranks 468th of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 555th of 883 Middle schools
 3.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)53.123.1
 30%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)53.123.1
 30%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)54.324.6
 29.7%
   3rd Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)54.324.6
 29.7%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)33.757.1
 23.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)33.757.1
 23.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.844.3
 1.5%
4th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)35.849
 13.2%
   4th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)35.849
 13.2%
   4th Grade Math (Michigan)41.838.6
 3.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)42.335.6
 6.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)42.335.6
 6.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)29.513.6
 15.9%
   5th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)29.513.6
 15.9%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
5th Grade Social Studies (Metro Charter Academy)5.36.8
 1.5%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Metro Charter Academy)5.36.8
 1.5%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)17.418.6
 1.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)33.343.1
 9.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)33.343.1
 9.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)35.919.6
 16.3%
   6th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)35.919.6
 16.3%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.129.6
 5.5%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)47.836.4
 11.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)47.836.4
 11.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
7th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)37.325
 12.3%
   7th Grade Math (Metro Charter Academy)37.325
 12.3%
   7th Grade Math (Michigan)35.731
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Metro Charter Academy)11.89.6
 2.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Metro Charter Academy)11.89.6
 2.2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)48.749
 0.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Metro Charter Academy)48.749
 0.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Metro Charter Academy)30.811.8
 19%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Metro Charter Academy)30.811.8
 19%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Michigan)41.436.3
 5.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students726559
 23%
African American621461
 25.8%
American Indian01
Asian41
 75%
Hispanic1612
 25%
Pacific Islander00
White4218
 57.1%
Two or More Races4366
 53.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients74.8%81.4%
 6.6%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 559 students attended Metro Charter Academy.

Metro Charter Academy ranks 879th of 1486 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Metro Charter Academy are 82% African American, 12% Two or more races, 3% White, 2% Hispanic.


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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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