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The fastest-growing public elementary schools in Wayne County, Michigan

91 public elementary schools in Wayne County, Michigan appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public elementary schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Discovery Creative Pathways Harper Woods leads the list at 137%, against a median of 9.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Wayne County, Michigan

Top Enrollment growth

137%

Median Enrollment growth

9.0%

FASTEST GROWING · WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Discovery Creative Pathways Harper Woods	HARPER WOODS, MI	Discovery Creative Pathways	254	603	137%
2	Detroit Leadership Academy K8	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Leadership Academy	299	486	62.5%
3	Charles Wright Academy of Arts and Science	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	458	692	51.1%
4	River Rouge Stem Academy at Dunn	RIVER ROUGE, MI	River Rouge School District of the City of	254	370	45.7%
5	RooseveltMcGrath Elem School	WAYNE, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	318	454	42.8%
6	Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	326	457	40.2%
7	Vernor Elementary School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	243	340	39.9%
8	Escuela Avancemos	DETROIT, MI	Escuela Avancemos	304	425	39.8%
9	Carver STEM Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	315	435	38.1%
10	George Defer Elementary School	GROSSE POINTE PARK, MI	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	334	460	37.7%
11	TaftGalloway Elementary School	WAYNE, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	305	412	35.1%
12	Schulze Academy for Technology and Arts	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	479	630	31.5%
13	Carleton Elementary School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	298	379	27.2%
14	Durfee ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	498	632	26.9%
15	Garvey Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	342	434	26.9%
16	Earhart ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	793	1,002	26.4%
17	Nolan ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	359	453	26.2%
18	Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	552	692	25.4%
19	Burns ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	331	411	24.2%
20	Snow Elementary School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	382	465	21.7%
21	David Hicks School	INKSTER, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	388	466	20.1%
22	Hoover School	LINCOLN PARK, MI	Lincoln Park School District of the City of	239	287	20.1%
23	Bridge Academy East	HAMTRAMCK, MI	Bridge Academy	487	581	19.3%
24	Jesse L Anderson Elementary School	TRENTON, MI	Trenton Public Schools	529	617	16.6%
25	Mark Twain ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	216	251	16.2%
26	Mason Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	413	476	15.3%
27	Hunter Elementary School	BROWNSTOWN TWP, MI	Gibraltar School District	363	418	15.2%
28	Bernice McDowell Elem School	TAYLOR, MI	Taylor School District	298	341	14.4%
29	Holland Elementary School	TAYLOR, MI	Taylor School District	272	310	14.0%
30	Roosevelt Elementary School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	359	409	13.9%
31	Wildwood Elementary School	WESTLAND, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	468	527	12.6%
32	Nowlin Elementary School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	216	243	12.5%
33	Spain ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	359	403	12.3%
34	Albert Schweitzer Elementary School	WESTLAND, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	363	407	12.1%
35	Kinloch Elementary School	DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI	Crestwood School District	498	557	11.8%
36	Richard C Hedke Elem School	TRENTON, MI	Trenton Public Schools	488	541	10.9%
37	Hutchinson ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	342	379	10.8%
38	Voyageur Academy	DETROIT, MI	Voyageur Academy	713	789	10.7%
39	Eugene B Elliott Elem School	WESTLAND, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	351	386	10.0%
40	Randolph Elementary School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	484	532	9.9%
41	Bates Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	704	773	9.8%
42	Polk Elementary School	DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI	Dearborn Heights School District #7	341	374	9.7%
43	Bennie Elementary School	ALLEN PARK, MI	Allen Park Public Schools	469	513	9.4%
44	Haigh Elementary School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	505	552	9.3%
45	Golightly Education Center	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	378	412	9.0%
46	Mackenzie ElementaryMiddle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	804	876	9.0%
47	Coolidge Elementary School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	495	535	8.1%
48	Kennedy Elementary School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	437	472	8.0%
49	Field Elementary School	CANTON, MI	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	433	467	7.9%
50	Rogers Early Elementary School	ALLEN PARK, MI	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools	405	436	7.7%

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