Abbot School

Abbot School is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools, teacheing 315 students in grades K through 5.

Ann Arbor Public Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 16,551 students. Abbot School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Abbot School shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Washtenaw County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Abbot School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which Abbot School is one.

The closest other public school is Haisley Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Abbot School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Abbot School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.4%.

Abbot School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 313 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.