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Detroit, Michigan - 1 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks University Yes Academy #523 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,536 per pupil, University Yes Academy ranks #741 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
365
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$10,536
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
University Yes Academy operates 1 public schools serving 365 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,536 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.9% local, 89.2% state, and 8.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #523 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
. Demographically, the student body averages 99.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is University Yes Academy, enrolling 388 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
University Yes Academy accounts for 100.0% of all University Yes Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of University Yes Academy a distant remainder — means University Yes Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
University Yes Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.