The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in Science. The lowest is 22% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Creative Montessori Academy
CreativeMontessori Academy is a single-school public charter district in Wayne County, Michigan, offering a tuition-free Montessori education from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as one campus under one charter authorization, and publicly reported information confirms its charter was renewed in 2022 with the next renewal scheduled for 2027, so families considering it can expect continuity for at least the next several years.
The enrollment is moderate for a K-through-8 charter, with class sizes that shrink as students move into the upper grades. The eighth-grade cohort is notably smaller than the kindergarten and early-elementary groups, which means middle-school students experience a tighter peer setting. The student body is racially diverse, with white students forming the largest single group and Black and Hispanic students together making up a substantial portion. Asian students and students of two or more races are also represented. The data does not include free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, English-learner rates, or special-education figures, so a parent wanting to understand the socioeconomic and support-service picture would need to ask the school directly for that information.
On Michigan's M-STEP and PSAT assessments, the school shows a distinctive pattern. In the lower elementary grades, proficiency rates in both math and English language arts are generally low, with third and fourth grade particularly weak. Results climb as students progress. By fifth grade, English language arts reaches a middling level, and by eighth grade the same subject posts a strong result. Math follows a similar arc, with eighth-grade proficiency standing well above the early-grade marks. Science and social studies follow this same trajectory, with eighth-grade results in both subjects landing among the school's better outcomes. Taken across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint among Wayne County's districts, a positioning that holds even though the early-grade numbers pull the average down. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly to understand whether the Montessori method's emphasis on concrete, self-paced learning in the early years translates into state-test readiness only in later grades, or whether the lower early-grade results reflect something else about instruction or assessment alignment.
Attendance is a genuine strength. The school's chronic absenteeism rate falls in the top quartile among Wayne County districts, meaning fewer students miss extended stretches of school than at most peer institutions. For a Montessori setting, where continuity and classroom community matter to the pedagogy, this is a meaningful indicator. Per-pupil spending sits in the lower range among county districts, which a parent may want to explore in terms of how resources are allocated across classrooms, materials, and staff.
Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no high-school-level course access, AP, or dual-credit data applies. The state does not test pre-kindergarten, so those grades have no proficiency results. Participation rates for the tested grades were not available in the data provided.
No locale brief or housing information was available for this entity, so the narrative cannot speak to surrounding community character, commute patterns, or home values. The comparison fact-set positions the school among Wayne County's districts, which is the relevant peer group for a charter authorized in this county. The absence of FRPL, IEP, and English-learner data, along with missing staffing and discipline information, leaves a fairly thin picture of the school's support environment. A family seriously considering Creative Montessori Academy would benefit from visiting the campus and asking how the Montessori approach plays out in the tested grades, what the upper-grade cohort size means for social and academic life, and how the school supports students who enter the lower elementary grades.
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