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Detroit Leadership Academy K8, Detroit, MI

Charter schoolCEP schoolDetroit Leadership Academy K8 is a public elementary school in Detroit, part of Detroit Leadership Academy. It enrolled 486 students in 2024-25, with 16.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
486
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.8. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.8
District16.8
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
13550 Virgil St, Detroit, MI 48223
Phone
(313)242-1500
District
Detroit Leadership Academy
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
260097408187
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
439
Reduced-price lunch
4
Free or reduced-price lunch
44391.2% 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Detroit

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.