Quest Charter Academy, Taylor MI

Original Research by School Decision on Quest Charter Academy

Quest Charter Academy is a public charter school in Taylor, Michigan, serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as its own district under the same name, and it sits on Van Born Road in a suburb that is part of the Downriver stretch of metropolitan Detroit. The school is relatively large for a single-site charter, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across its nine grade levels.

The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial White population and smaller Hispanic and multiracial groups. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school among the higher-poverty campuses in its area. Data on special education and English learner populations was not reported, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those services.

On Michigan's state assessments, Quest's results paint a mixed but in some ways encouraging picture. In math, proficiency across grades three through eight lands in a moderate range, with third and seventh grade toward the higher end and fifth grade the lowest. The math results are steady rather than erratic, but they remain modest in absolute terms. English language arts follows a more interesting arc. Third-grade ELA proficiency is quite low, but results climb steadily through the upper elementary and middle grades, and by eighth grade the proficiency rate stands out as a genuine strength. Roughly half of tested eighth graders were proficient on the PSAT-based ELA measure, which is a strong result for this school's profile and suggests the upper-grade instruction is doing something right. Science and social studies results, available only for grades five and eight, follow a similar pattern of improvement, with the older cohort performing better than the younger one.

Measured against districts in Wayne County, Quest's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint. This is a meaningful marker for a charter school of this demographic and economic composition, though the absolute proficiency levels remain a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly in the early grades where the results are weakest.

Because Quest does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available, and the school did not report staffing figures. Program offerings were not included in the available data, so a family considering enrollment would need to contact the school directly to understand what enrichment, intervention, extracurricular, or specialized academic options exist beyond the standard curriculum.

Taylor itself is an auto-oriented suburb without a traditional walkable downtown. The city is crossed by I-94, I-75, and Telegraph Road, with commercial activity concentrated along Eureka Road and around Southland Center. Civic buildings cluster on Goddard Road, and Heritage Park serves as the main recreational anchor, hosting festivals, sports, a botanical garden, and a community library. Beaumont Hospital, now Corewell Health Hospital, is a major employer, along with the shopping center and school district. The housing market in the school's zip code is well below both state and national benchmarks for typical home values, and rents are similarly modest, which makes the area relatively accessible for families. Publicly reported development notes describe a range of housing from starter homes to newer subdivisions, and the demolition of the former Gibraltar Trade Center has opened up a redevelopment site near the interstate.

For a family weighing Quest Charter Academy, the academic signal is one of a school where upper-grade instruction appears to be producing stronger outcomes than the early grades, and where the overall proficiency profile is above the county's middle tier. The early-grade results, especially in third-grade ELA, are a softer area worth asking about. The community context is affordable and suburban, with the trade-offs of auto dependence that come with it.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 29%

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 30%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 28%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 14 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 731%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 23%

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

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolQuest Charter Academy, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income39%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income51%Higher-income55%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income31%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income25%Higher-income54%28 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income27%4 pp gap