Universal Academy
DETROIT · MI · Universal Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Riverside Academy West Campus → Bridge Impact → Universal Learning Academy → Madison High School → Ecorse Community High School → Robichaud Senior High School → SER Metro YouthBuild Learning Academy → AGBU AlexMarie Manoogian School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 52th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 44% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Universal Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52th percentile nationally with 2 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Riverside Academy West Campus, Bridge Impact, Universal Learning Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
52th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 44% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,138/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 695 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,993 per student in district revenue, the 18 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $251,874/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Academy West Campus DEARBORN |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 251 | +1.6% |
| Bridge Impact DETROIT |
Public · charter | 7.1 | 241 | -41.6% |
| Universal Learning Academy WESTLAND |
Public · charter | 9.0 | 218 | +13.5% |
| Madison High School MADISON HEIGHTS |
Public | 11.6 | 255 | -10.2% |
| Ecorse Community High School ECORSE |
Public | 5.4 | 340 | +31.8% |
| Robichaud Senior High School DEARBORN HEIGHTS |
Public | 7.8 | 328 | -3.0% |
| SER Metro YouthBuild Learning Academy DEARBORN |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 109 | +6.9% |
| AGBU AlexMarie Manoogian School SOUTHFIELD |
Public · charter | 9.5 | 164 | +40.2% |