MacDowell Preparatory Academy
Grades: PK-8
Students: 362
Type: Charter
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 20:1
Certified Teachers: 26%
4201 Outer Drive West
Detroit, MI 48221
Detroit, MI 48221
(313) 494-8141
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
2/10
3/10
NA
Academic ProgressNA
College Readiness5/10
Community Reviews
The teachers here are very disrespectful and sometimes even put there hands on the kids. One day a teacher pulled a students chair and made them fall out, rarely get homework, way to many breaks for unnecessary reason, they have a therapist but they don't keep up with weekly schedule and forget abou
Posted by a student on 2/9/2026There is no behavior enforcement at this school. The students do whatever they want inside and outside of the classroom. This greatly affects ALL students in the class' ability to learn. It also greatly affects the children who are on the right track to follow the majority of the children onto the w
Posted by a parent on 3/2/2024This is a very bad school to send your children to.The administration is very strict about curriculum even though the curriculum isn’t really teaching the kids anything. The kids barely listens to the adults. There’s barely any discipline or consequences.Administration also has too much control over
Posted by a parent on 11/7/2022My wife and I were invited to my daughters award ceremony. We took off of work. My daughter didn't even receive an award! Matter of fact - her teacher didn't even come to work that day. No one at the school could tell us why she didn't receive her award. Staff was rude!
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Detroit schools - MacDowell Preparatory Academy is located at 4201 Outer Drive West, Detroit MI 48221. MacDowell Preparatory Academy is in the International Preparatory Academy - Macdowell Campus. MacDowell Preparatory Academy is a Charter school that serves grade levels PK-8.
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