The top reported proficiency rate is 24% in English language arts. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Reach Charter Academy
Reach Charter Academy is a single-school charter district in Macomb County, Michigan, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. Publicly reported information identifies it as managed by National Heritage Academies and authorized by Grand Valley State University. It operates as one building, and the district profile carries no separate locale or community context, so there is no housing-market or town-level material to draw on here. The search for parent-relevant district changes turned up nothing of lasting impact, so this account rests on the academic, enrollment, and comparison data that were available.
The student body is small for a district spanning nine grade levels, with roughly even distribution across grades. The enrollment is predominantly Black, with a smaller share of students identifying as two or more races, and very small Hispanic, white, Asian, and American Indian populations. Free-or-reduced-price lunch counts were not reported, and IEP and English-learner rates were also missing, so there is no picture here of the economic disadvantage or special-population composition that often contextualizes proficiency results. A parent may want to ask the school directly about those figures.
State assessment results from the most recent year are available across math, English language arts, science, and social studies for grades three through eight. Math proficiency is low across every grade tested, with the strongest results still falling well below what most Macomb County districts post, and the middle-grade math results being particularly weak. English language arts shows more variation. Fifth grade and eighth grade stand out as relative bright spots, with a sizable share of students reaching proficiency, while the other grades sit lower. Science results land in the middle range, with about a quarter of tested students proficient in both fifth and eighth grade. Social studies follows a similar split, with a very low fifth-grade result offset by a stronger eighth-grade showing.
Measured against the comparison set labeled "among Macomb County's districts," Reach Charter Academy sits in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. The county's districts span a wide range, and this school's proficiency index is well below the midpoint. Chronic absenteeism is reported and sits above the county median, which is worth noting because absenteeism at that level can both reflect and compound the academic challenges visible in the test results. Per-pupil current spending is in the lower range for the county. A parent weighing these factors may want to look into what the school is doing to address attendance and whether additional academic support resources are available.
Because Reach Charter Academy serves only through eighth grade, it has no graduation rate, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than any gap in reporting. There is no AP, career-technical, or dual-credit information to discuss, which is consistent with an elementary-middle configuration. No program offerings, course-access details, staffing data, discipline data, or civil-rights data were provided, so those dimensions of school life cannot be assessed here. The same goes for attendance specifics beyond the chronic-absenteeism rate already noted.
What the available evidence describes is a small, predominantly Black K-through-eight charter school where English language arts has some grade-level bright spots but math is persistently weak, absenteeism runs high, and overall proficiency places the school near the bottom of its county comparison set. Spending is modest relative to neighboring districts. Families considering this school would benefit from asking directly about academic intervention plans, attendance strategies, and the support services available to students, since the data provided leaves those questions open.
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