Adlai Stevenson Elementary School

Adlai Stevenson Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, part of Southfield Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 527 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 369.

Within Southfield Public School District, which oversees 13 schools and 4,692 students, Adlai Stevenson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Adlai Stevenson Elementary School logs that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Adlai Stevenson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 31.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Adlai Stevenson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Faxon Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adlai Stevenson Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.4%.

Adlai Stevenson Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 12%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 527 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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