The top reported proficiency rate is 31% in English language arts. The lowest is 17% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Warrendale Charter Academy
Warrendale Charter Academy is a single-school charter district in Wayne County, Michigan, serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade. The enrollment is modest for a K-8 building, with a fairly even distribution across the grades, tapering slightly in the upper years. The student body is overwhelmingly Black, with a smaller group identifying as two or more races, a handful of Hispanic students, and very few white students. Information on free or reduced-price lunch, special education rates, and English learner status was not available, so those pieces of the picture are absent here.
On Michigan's state assessments, the most recent results tell a split story. English language arts is the brighter side. Proficiency in the upper elementary and middle grades climbs steadily, and by eighth grade, half of tested students reached proficiency on the PSAT. Seventh grade was also strong, with a substantial share of students proficient. The lower elementary ELA results were more modest but still held in a reasonable range. Math, by contrast, was consistently low across every tested grade. Third grade was the strongest, with roughly a fifth of students proficient, and the remaining grades hovered below that. Fifth grade math was the weakest point. Science results fell in between, and social studies was mixed, with a very low fifth grade result and a somewhat better eighth grade showing. A parent weighing this school may want to look into how math instruction is structured and what support structures exist for students working below grade level, since the math results suggest a persistent gap relative to the state's proficiency bar.
Placed among Wayne County's districts, Warrendale sits just below the midpoint on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, which means it is close to the county median but on the lower side. Per-pupil spending lands in the middle range of the county, in the lower half, so the school is funded at a fairly typical level for the area without standing out as either unusually high or low.
The chronic absenteeism rate is the most serious concern in the data. It falls in the bottom quartile among Wayne County districts, meaning a very high share of students are missing substantial amounts of school. This kind of pattern can compound academic challenges, especially in a setting where math proficiency is already low, and a parent may want to ask the school directly what it is doing to address attendance and whether there are barriers such as transportation or health issues driving the numbers.
Because the school serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, which is expected for a K-8 entity. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes or strategic initiatives, so there is nothing to relay on that front. No locale or community economic context was provided, and no program offerings such as athletics, arts, or extracurriculars were available, so those dimensions remain unstated. Civil rights data and staffing information were also absent from what was provided.
What emerges is a school where ELA instruction appears to be producing real results in the upper grades, particularly by eighth grade, but where math is a consistent weak spot across the board, and where chronic absenteeism is high enough to warrant direct attention. The peer environment is a predominantly Black student community in a single K-8 building. For a family drawn to a charter setting with a continuous kindergarten-through-eighth-grade pathway, the ELA trajectory may be encouraging, but the math performance and attendance figures are areas a parent would want to understand before committing.
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