Middle · Regular · Grades 3 to 8

Blackwell Institute, Detroit, MI

CEP schoolBlackwell Institute is a public middle school in Detroit, part of Detroit Public Schools Community District. It enrolled 92 students in 2024-25, with 9.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 92
Teachers (FTE): 10.0
Students per teacher: 9.2
Grades: 3 to 8

This school's ratio is 6.9 lower than the district figure of 16.1. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.2

District16.1

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 9330 Shoemaker St, Detroit, MI 48213
Phone: (313)866-4391
District: Detroit Public Schools Community District
County: Wayne County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: City: Large
NCES school ID: 260110301298

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 88
Reduced-price lunch: 1
Free or reduced-price lunch: 8996.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District

Clippert Academy 424 students
J E Clark Preparatory Academy 125 students
Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School 68 students

Middle schools elsewhere in Detroit

Oakland International Academy 28 Oakland International Academy
Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School Cesar Chavez Academy
University Preparatory Science and Math PSAD Middle School University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD)
LincolnKing AdamsYoung 68 Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy
University Preparatory Academy PSAD Middle University Preparatory Academy (PSAD)
Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences
Old Redford Academy Middle School Old Redford Academy

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.