The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in Science. The lowest is 45% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Noor International Academy
Noor International Academy is a small, single-school district in Macomb County, Michigan, serving students from prekindergarten through sixth grade. With a total enrollment under two hundred, the school keeps class cohorts tight, and the grade-level testing counts reflect that intimacy. A parent looking here is considering an early-grades and elementary pathway in a setting where nearly every teacher likely knows nearly every student by name.
The student body is distinctive for its even split between Asian and White students, with each group making up close to half of enrollment. A handful of students identify as Black or as two or more races, and the school reports no Hispanic or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. The academy does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, special-education rates, or English-learner figures, so a parent who wants to understand the economic and linguistic makeup of the classroom would need to ask the school directly. Those gaps in the data are worth naming plainly rather than guessing at.
On Michigan's M-STEP assessments for the most recent school year, Noor's results stand out favorably among Macomb County's districts. The school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile of the county, a position that reflects consistent strength in several grades and subjects. Third graders posted matching proficiency rates in math and English language arts, with a solid majority reaching proficient or above in both. Fifth grade is where the school shines brightest: a strong majority of students were proficient in ELA, the same proportion reached proficiency in science, and more than half cleared the bar in social studies. Math proficiency at fifth grade landed just below half.
The clearest soft spot sits in fourth-grade math, where proficiency dropped well below the school's other grade levels. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly whether the dip reflects a one-year cohort effect given the small number of tested students or something more structural in the curriculum sequence. Sixth-grade results in both math and ELA were suppressed because no students were tested at that grade level, and the data does not explain why; this kind of gap can reflect the nature of a small school where cohort sizes shift from year to year, but the suppression means a parent has no state-testing signal for the oldest grade the academy serves.
Because Noor does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. That is simply a function of the grade band, not a missing indicator.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate places it in the top quartile among Macomb County districts, meaning students attend more reliably here than at most peer districts in the county. That is a genuine strength, since steady attendance underpins everything else the school tries to do academically. Per-pupil spending sits in the middle range, lower half, among the county's districts, which suggests the school operates on a lean budget relative to neighbors without appearing to shortchange the tested outcomes.
The district brief searched for recent parent-relevant changes such as curriculum overhauls, property-tax shifts, or bond referendums and found little of lasting impact. Available sources describe the school's general profile but do not reference specific strategic initiatives. No locale brief was available for the surrounding community, and the school's street address and city are not reported in the data, so a parent researching the area's housing market, commute, or neighborhood character would need to look beyond what is provided here. No program offerings, course-access details, or staffing figures were available either.
What the assembled evidence does say is this: Noor International Academy is a small, early-grades school whose students are posting proficiency rates that outpace most Macomb County districts, with attendance that exceeds the county norm and a peer environment built around a nearly even Asian and White enrollment. The fourth-grade math dip and the suppressed sixth-grade results are the spots where a parent should ask questions before enrolling. For families seeking a compact, academically strong elementary setting with a bilingual or bicultural community feel, this is a place worth a closer look.
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