David Ellis Academy West

Summary:

David Ellis Academy West is an alternative public charter school located in Redford, Michigan, serving grades PK-12 with a student population of 663, predominantly African American.

David Ellis Academy West faces several key challenges compared to nearby schools. The school has experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.0% to 46.9% in recent years, significantly higher than schools like Howe Trainable Center and Montessori (35.5%), Universal Learning Academy (33.5%), and AGBU AlexMarie Manoogian School (19.7%). Academically, the school's proficiency rates on state assessments are consistently lower than state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with English Language Arts proficiency ranging from 18.8% to 26.5% compared to the state's 37.5% to 44%, and Mathematics proficiency from 5.2% to 20.3% compared to the state's 31% to 43.4%.

Additionally, David Ellis Academy West has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 77.05% to 89.89%, higher than nearby schools like Howe Trainable Center and Montessori (66.54%), Universal Learning Academy (94.93%), and AGBU AlexMarie Manoogian School (58.59%). The school's per-student spending has also increased, from $8,713 in 2019-2020 to $14,884 in 2022-2023, higher than some nearby schools. These factors suggest that the challenges faced by David Ellis Academy West may be unique to the school or the specific community it serves, and addressing the high chronic absenteeism and supporting the economically disadvantaged student population could be key to improving student outcomes.


Detail:

Public, Charter, Alternative PK, KG-12

 19800 Beech Daly Rd
       Redford, MI  48240-1348


(313) 450-0300

District: David Ellis Academy West

SchoolDigger Rank:
1321st of 1,486 Michigan Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,884 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  19.2 Help
Number of students:  663

Racial breakdown:

African American:
99.1%
Hispanic:
0.8%
Two or more races:
0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.9% Help


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Compare Details David Ellis Academy West ranks worse than 88.9% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.41. (See more...)
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Compare Details David Ellis Academy West ranks worse than 86% of middle schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.22. (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 (99.1%), Hispanic (0.8%), two or more races (0.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 89.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at David Ellis Academy West is 19.2. (See more...)
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Compare David Ellis Academy West employs 34.5 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at David Ellis Academy West is $14,884.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger ranks David Ellis Academy West 1321st of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See David Ellis Academy West in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks David Ellis Academy West 771st of 897 Michigan public middle schools. (See David Ellis Academy West in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for David Ellis Academy West

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Rank History for all elementary school students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 19.08 1422nd 1589 10.5%
2010 22.23 1386th 1552 10.7%
2011 39.87 1174th 1552 24.4%
2012 22.90 1307th 1566 16.5%
2013 16.94 1352nd 1563 13.5%
2014 15.16 1348th 1533 12.1%
2015 12.84 1405th 1580 11.1%
2016 27.63 1138th 1548 26.5%
2017 21.96 1133rd 1466 22.7%
2018 25.91 1131st 1448 21.9%
2019 13.48 1226th 1408 12.9%
2022 7.69 1251st 1344 6.9%
2023 10.83 1301st 1470 11.5%
2024 11.41 1321st 1486 11.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.69 948th 1397 32.1%
2019 24.68 916th 1134 19.2%
2022 11.63 1011th 1099 8.0%
2023 14.77 1183rd 1350 12.4%
2024 15.05 1228th 1381 11.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.87 1131st 1443 21.6%
2019 12.56 1074th 1171 8.3%
2022 10.73 1035th 1106 6.4%
2023 10.25 1211th 1321 8.3%
2024 11.12 1228th 1342 8.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.84 1082nd 1446 25.2%
2019 11.86 1097th 1196 8.3%
2022 4.36 1122nd 1139 1.5%
2023 9.84 1231st 1334 7.7%
2024 8.68 1269th 1347 5.8%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.69 102nd 475 78.5%
2019 36.75 130th 212 38.7%
2022 26.26 117th 158 25.9%
2023 28.94 226th 321 29.6%
2024 32.08 227th 348 34.8%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for David Ellis Academy West

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Rank History for all middle school students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 25.43 726th 847 14.3%
2010 28.29 725th 851 14.8%
2011 47.54 580th 858 32.4%
2012 24.98 727th 900 19.2%
2013 23.16 737th 919 19.8%
2014 22.23 743rd 921 19.3%
2015 16.44 763rd 919 17.0%
2016 20.34 708th 894 20.8%
2017 21.79 635th 821 22.7%
2018 38.08 552nd 838 34.1%
2019 31.78 543rd 792 31.4%
2022 13.87 683rd 776 12.0%
2023 17.80 721st 883 18.3%
2024 14.22 771st 897 14.0%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.95 370th 815 54.6%
2019 50.14 322nd 672 52.1%
2022 26.60 531st 691 23.2%
2023 33.08 553rd 825 33.0%
2024 18.80 702nd 836 16.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.77 554th 794 30.2%
2019 38.60 393rd 658 40.3%
2022 15.66 574th 657 12.6%
2023 19.63 633rd 770 17.8%
2024 16.67 670th 771 13.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.61 466th 797 41.5%
2019 28.53 472nd 639 26.1%
2022 9.43 621st 658 5.6%
2023 19.39 629th 776 18.9%
2024 15.88 674th 786 14.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at David Ellis Academy West

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.90 49th 366 86.6%
2019 63.35 58th 196 70.4%
2022 41.39 98th 182 46.2%
2023 40.33 167th 310 46.1%
2024 32.45 193rd 300 35.7%
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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.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Education

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Enrollment information for David Ellis Academy West

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2007 0 306 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 306
2008 n/a 644 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 651
2009 5 724 0 0 0 n/a n/a 9 738
2010 10 819 3 1 0 n/a n/a 1 834
2011 9 790 3 0 0 0 4 0 806
2012 9 776 2 4 0 0 3 0 794
2013 13 772 0 14 0 0 3 0 802
2014 7 724 0 10 0 0 0 0 741
2015 9 713 0 11 0 0 0 0 733
2016 8 738 0 6 0 0 1 0 753
2017 5 734 0 5 0 0 1 0 745
2018 1 725 0 6 0 0 2 0 734
2019 2 735 0 4 0 0 2 0 743
2020 2 699 0 11 0 0 2 0 714
2021 3 649 0 5 0 0 1 0 658
2022 1 659 0 4 0 0 1 0 665
2023 0 657 0 5 0 0 1 0 663

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 David Ellis Academy West

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 306 12.0 25.5 21.2
2008 651 24.5 26.6 55
2009 738 30.5 24.2 64.1
2010 834 31.5 26.4 67.1
2011 806 32.5 24.8 68.5
2012 794 37.7 21.0 68
2013 802 28.7 27.9 63.6
2014 741 30.7 24.1 71.7
2015 733 34.0 21.5 73.8
2016 753 38.0 19.8 75.7
2017 745 38.7 19.2 70.7
2018 734 40.2 18.2 75.7
2019 743 37.2 19.9 69.2
2020 714 38.2 18.6 72.3
2021 658 35.2 18.6 77.1
2022 665 33.5 19.8 88.6
2023 663 34.5 19.2 89.9

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 David Ellis Academy West

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2007 306 12.0 25.5 21.2
2008 651 24.5 26.6 55
2009 738 30.5 24.2 64.1
2010 834 31.5 26.4 67.1
2011 806 32.5 24.8 68.5
2012 794 37.7 21.0 68
2013 802 28.7 27.9 63.6
2014 741 30.7 24.1 71.7
2015 733 34.0 21.5 73.8
2016 753 38.0 19.8 75.7
2017 745 38.7 19.2 70.7
2018 734 40.2 18.2 75.7
2019 743 37.2 19.9 69.2
2020 714 38.2 18.6 72.3
2021 658 35.2 18.6 77.1
2022 665 33.5 19.8 88.6
2023 663 34.5 19.2 89.9

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 David Ellis Academy West

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,487 (15.9%) $7,845 (84.1%) $9,332
2020 $1,184 (13.6%) $7,530 (86.4%) $8,713
2021 $2,244 (23.6%) $7,281 (76.4%) $9,525
2022 $2,958 (24.1%) $9,297 (75.9%) $12,256
2023 $4,353 (29.2%) $10,531 (70.8%) $14,884

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

Impact of COVID-19 on David Ellis Academy West

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1226th of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 1301st of 1470 Elementary schools
 1.4%
Ranks 543rd of 792 Middle schoolsRanks 721st of 883 Middle schools
 13.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)3214.1
 17.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)3214.1
 17.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (David Ellis Academy West)29.311.3
 18%
   3rd Grade Math (David Ellis Academy West)29.311.3
 18%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)17.523.6
 6.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)17.523.6
 6.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.844.3
 1.5%
5th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)35.917.6
 18.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)35.917.6
 18.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (David Ellis Academy West)14.14.1
 10.1%
   5th Grade Math (David Ellis Academy West)14.14.1
 10.1%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
6th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)22.125.4
 3.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)22.125.4
 3.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)41.737.5
 4.2%
6th Grade Math (David Ellis Academy West)135.6
 7.4%
   6th Grade Math (David Ellis Academy West)135.6
 7.4%
   6th Grade Math (Michigan)35.129.6
 5.5%
7th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)43.526.9
 16.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)43.526.9
 16.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)42.736.9
 5.8%
8th Grade Social Studies (David Ellis Academy West)7.811.3
 3.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (David Ellis Academy West)7.811.3
 3.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)2826.7
 1.3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)51.638
 13.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (David Ellis Academy West)51.638
 13.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)61.959.7
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (David Ellis Academy West)31.38.5
 22.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (David Ellis Academy West)31.38.5
 22.8%
   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 Students743663
 10.8%
African American735657
 10.6%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic45
 25%
Pacific Islander00
White20
 100%
Two or More Races21
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients69.2%89.9%
 20.7%


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Students at David Ellis Academy West are 99% African American.

David Ellis Academy West ranks in the bottom 11.1% of Michigan alternative schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 663 students attended David Ellis Academy West.


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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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