Voyageur Academy, Detroit MI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Voyageur Academy

Voyageur Academy is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade on Detroit's west side, on Military Street in the 48210 zip code. It is chartered through Ferris State University, which reauthorized the school's charter with a contract running through the summer of 2027. The school operates as its own district under Michigan's charter framework, and it draws families from surrounding Detroit neighborhoods rather than from a defined attendance zone.

The student body is sizeable for a single building spanning kindergarten through eighth grade, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across the nine grade levels. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the surrounding community. The school's enrollment is predominantly Black, with a sizable Hispanic population and very small numbers of students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those populations cannot be described here.

State assessment results from the most recent school year show a school working from a low baseline. In math, proficiency rates across third through eighth grade are uniformly low, with only a handful of students in each grade meeting or exceeding state standards on Michigan's M-STEP and PSAT assessments. English language arts results are somewhat stronger, particularly in the upper grades, where the eighth-grade ELA proficiency rate rises to a level where roughly a third of tested students meet the proficiency bar. Science and social studies results fall between the two, with science moderately higher than social studies at both fifth and eighth grades. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Wayne County, which is the comparison set used for positioning here. This is a school where most students are not yet performing at grade-level benchmarks, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what instructional supports and interventions are in place.

The school carries a state designation of Additional Targeted Support, which means it is under accountability intervention aimed at improving student outcomes. This is publicly reported in the school's own annual education report materials. For families, this signals that the state has identified the school as needing targeted improvement and that there are structured expectations for academic progress tied to that designation. The charter reauthorization through 2027 provides a window of operational continuity, and families may want to ask how the ATS intervention plan aligns with the school's day-to-day classroom work.

Voyageur Academy sits in a Detroit neighborhood where housing values are among the most affordable in the metropolitan region. Typical home values in the school's zip code are well below both the Michigan and national benchmarks, which shapes who can buy into the area and what the tax base looks like. The broader city context matters here. Detroit is a major urban center undergoing revitalization after decades of population loss and disinvestment. Publicly reported census estimates indicate the city's population has grown for two consecutive years, driven in part by immigration and new housing construction, with residential development concentrated in areas like Midtown, Corktown, and the East Riverfront. The school's immediate neighborhood on the west side has not seen the same level of redevelopment investment as those areas. The city's economy remains anchored by the automotive industry, with major health systems, financial companies, and city government also serving as large employers.

Some data that would help round out the picture is absent. The school does not have a graduation rate because it does not serve high school grades, and that gap reflects the grade band rather than a missing metric. Chronic absenteeism data was not available, nor were staffing figures, course access details, discipline data, or program offerings such as arts, athletics, or extracurriculars. Without these, it is hard to describe the student experience beyond what the assessment data and demographics convey. A family considering Voyageur Academy would benefit from visiting and asking directly about classroom culture, staff stability, enrichment opportunities, and how the school's improvement plan translates into daily instruction.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 39%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 46%

School 6% · District 6%

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 53%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 65%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 74%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 83%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 315%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 710%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 512%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 53%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.