Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy, Detroit MI

Original Research by School Decision on Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy

Regent Park Scholars Charter Academy sits on Detroit's east side along Seven Mile Road, serving kindergarten through eighth grade as a single-site charter. It is a neighborhood-scale school in a city whose story most people know in broad strokes: the historic capital of the American auto industry, a place that lost population for decades and is now, by public accounts, growing again. The surrounding ZIP code carries some of the lowest home values in the metro area, far below the state and national benchmarks, and those values have been declining further. Rents in the immediate area are modest by national standards and have edged downward as well. For a family considering this school, the housing market around it is accessible but reflects the longer arc of disinvestment that has defined this part of Detroit.

The student body is nearly entirely Black, and virtually every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is sizable for a single K-8 charter building, with students spread across all nine grades. Data on special education and English learner populations was not reported, so it is hard to say from the available information how those supports are structured. A parent may want to ask the school directly about services in those areas.

On Michigan's state assessments, the picture is mixed and tilts toward struggle in the early and middle grades. Math proficiency starts at a moderate level in third grade but drops sharply in fourth and fifth, then settles into a lower band through eighth. English language arts follows a similar pattern early on, with proficiency rates in the teens and low twenties through the middle grades, but then it rises substantially by eighth grade, where the PSAT-based results show a clear majority of students reaching proficiency. Science and social studies results follow that same arc: weaker in the tested elementary grade, stronger by eighth grade. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint among districts in Wayne County. The late-grade strength, especially in ELA and science, suggests some students are building momentum as they approach high school, but the weaker early-grade results mean many students arrive at the upper grades with ground to recover. A parent looking at these results may want to understand how the school supports students in the transition years between third and fifth grade, where the dip is most visible.

Because Regent Park Scholars ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. That gap reflects the grade band the school serves, not a missing result. Students will need to move on to a high school elsewhere, and families should think about that transition early.

The school itself sits in a part of Detroit where the broader city context is relevant. Detroit is a major urban center with a deep industrial and cultural identity. Publicly reported information describes ongoing revitalization downtown and in Midtown, with new residential development, riverfront improvements, and major construction projects. Those changes are real but are concentrated in areas that may feel distant from the east-side neighborhoods around this school. The major employers that anchor the regional economy, from the Big Three automakers to Henry Ford Health and Rocket Mortgage, operate largely downtown or in the suburbs. For families in this ZIP code, the economic energy of the city's core is nearby but not necessarily part of daily life.

We looked for recent parent-relevant changes specific to this charter academy and found none that met a lasting-impact threshold. The available record is limited to enrollment and fiscal basics. That means families will need to rely on direct contact with the school for questions about leadership, programming, and any recent shifts in approach.

What this school offers is a K-8 pathway in a community where housing is inexpensive by any statewide or national measure, and where the student body shares a common economic context. The academic results show a school that has not yet built consistent proficiency across the elementary years but shows genuine strength by eighth grade in reading and science. For a family weighing this option, the question is whether that late-grade momentum is enough, and what the early-grade experience looks like up close.

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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%

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

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 10%

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

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 8%

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

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 16%

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

Grade 715%

School 15% · District 15%

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

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 20%

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

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 11%

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

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

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

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 30%

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

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

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

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 5%

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

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 31%

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

This schoolRegent Park Scholars 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.