The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in English language arts. The lowest is 28% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Great Oaks Academy
Great Oaks Academy is a single-school district serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Macomb County, Michigan. Publicly reported information identifies it as a charter school managed by National Heritage Academies and authorized by Bay Mills Community College. The enrollment is moderate for a K through 8 building, with each grade carrying roughly comparable class sizes. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of students identifying as two or more races, Asian, and Hispanic. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and information on English learners and special-education enrollment was missing, so those pieces of the picture are gaps a parent may want to ask the school about directly.
On state assessments, the most striking pattern is the contrast between English language arts and mathematics. In ELA, proficiency climbs steadily as students move through the grades. Third grade starts modestly, but by sixth grade a substantial share of students are proficient, and seventh and eighth grade results are genuinely strong, with eighth grade standing out as a high point on the PSAT. That upward trajectory in reading and writing is a real asset of the school and suggests the upper-grade instruction is building effectively on earlier foundations.
Mathematics tells a different story. Third grade begins at a moderate level, but proficiency drops sharply in fourth and fifth grade, with fifth grade being the weakest result across all tested subjects and grades. Sixth grade rebounds somewhat, but seventh and eighth grade math settle back to a lower level. The math pattern is a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly around what happens between third and fifth grade where the decline is most pronounced.
Science and social studies are tested only in fifth and eighth grade. Fifth grade science is middling, while eighth grade science reaches a higher level. Social studies follows a similar split: fifth grade is quite low, but eighth grade is much stronger. The improvement from fifth to eighth in both subjects mirrors the ELA trend and suggests the upper grades are where the school's academic program hits its stride.
Against its comparison set among Macomb County's districts, Great Oaks Academy sits slightly above the midpoint on overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. Its chronic absenteeism rate is better than the county midpoint, which is a positive sign for student engagement. Per-pupil current spending falls in the lower range compared with neighboring districts, which may reflect the charter model's cost structure but is worth noting for parents curious about resource levels.
Because the school stops at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric does not apply here. No trend data across multiple years was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving or declining over time. We looked for recent parent-relevant changes such as curriculum shifts, facility investments, or program additions and did not find any that clear a lasting-impact bar, so that information is left out rather than guessed.
The school does not have a locale brief or community context in the available data, and no specific program offerings such as dual credit, career pathways, or extracurriculars were listed. Parents considering Great Oaks Academy would benefit from asking directly about enrichment offerings, support services, and how the school prepares its eighth graders for the transition to high school. The academic profile points to a school where reading and writing instruction in the upper grades is a clear strength, while math in the elementary and middle grades is an area where questions are warranted.
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