The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Math. The lowest is 54% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Red Oak Academy
Red Oak Academyis a newly established public charter district serving the Warren and Clinton Township area of Macomb County. It opened in the summer of 2023, authorized by Ferris State University and operated under the management of Global Educational Excellence, a network that runs several charter schools in the region. The school serves grades kindergarten through eight and is tuition-free. Its charter contract runs through the end of June 2028. Publicly reported materials describe a character education focus, Arabic offered as a world language, and STEM enrichment as part of the academic program. These program details come from the school's own communications and the authorizer's published materials, so a parent evaluating fit would want to confirm how those elements show up day to day in classrooms.
Because Red Oak Academy is so new, much of the data a parent might expect to see is not yet available. Enrollment figures, demographic breakdowns, free- and reduced-price lunch rates, special education and English learner counts, staffing levels, attendance and chronic absenteeism figures, and per-pupil spending were all missing from the sources we reviewed. Housing and neighborhood context for the immediate area were also not provided. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, which is expected for a K-8 entity.
State assessment results from the most recent school year are limited. Across grades three through eight, only grade six produced reportable proficiency rates in math and English language arts. Every other grade and subject combination was suppressed, in most cases because no students were tested. This likely reflects the school's early stage of operation, with only certain grade levels fully enrolled during the testing window. The suppression pattern is consistent with a new school still building up its grade bands, not with a weakness in outcomes.
For the one grade where results were reported, the picture is genuinely strong. In grade six math, well over half of the tested students reached proficiency. In grade six English language arts, a clear majority of tested students were proficient as well. When the proficiency index across these reported results is compared against the comparison set of Macomb County's districts, Red Oak Academy lands in the top quartile. That said, the comparison rests on a very small number of tested students in a single grade, so the positioning is encouraging but narrow. A parent may want to ask the school how it plans to sustain and extend these results as enrollment grows across more grade levels.
The school does not yet have a track record to examine for trends, since multi-year academic data was not available. There is also no chronic absenteeism, discipline, or course-access information in the data we reviewed, so questions about school climate, student support services, and advanced or enrichment course offerings would be best directed to the school directly.
What Red Oak Academy offers families is a small, new public charter option in a part of Macomb County where families may be looking for an alternative to the established district schools. The early grade-six proficiency numbers are a positive signal. The Arabic language offering and STEM and character education focus give it a distinct identity within the local landscape. The main consideration for a parent is that this is a young school still filling out its enrollment and its data profile. The academic results so far are promising, but they come from a small base and a single grade level, and much of what families use to compare schools, such as demographics, staffing, spending, and attendance, is not yet on the public record.
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