Barber Elementary School | Charter School, Highland Park, MI

Barber Elementary School is a public charter school in Highland Park, MI for grades PK-8. It had 362 students in 2024-25, about 120.7 per teacher. As a public charter school it charges no tuition.

Contact Barber Elementary School

Enrollment, lottery dates and seats are set by each school, so ask it directly. The website is the one the state reported to the federal directory.

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School facts

Grades: PK-8
Students: 362 (2024-25)
Teachers (full-time equivalent): 3 (2024-25)
Students per teacher: 120.7
Level: Elementary
School type: Regular public school
Tuition: None (public charter school)
County: Wayne County
NCES school ID: 260101405502

Reports under: Highland Park Public School Academy System (the school district or charter agency named in the federal directory). Charter authorizer: Highland Park City Schools, as the state reported it.

From the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data: the public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary) for the address, phone, website, grades and authorizer; the 2024-25 membership and staff files for students and teachers. Figures move every year, so ask the school for today’s. NCES data files · Where our data comes from. Something wrong? Tell us.

What a charter school is

Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.

Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.

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New Paradigm GlazerLoving Academy (K-8, 1 mi)
Caniff Liberty Academy (PK-9, 2 mi)
Bridge Academy West (K-8, 2 mi)
Oakland International Academy 912 (9-12, 2 mi)