Albert Schweitzer Elementary School

Located at 2601 TREADWELL ST, in WESTLAND, Michigan, Albert Schweitzer Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school that hosts 407 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Wayne-Westland Community School District.

Wayne-Westland Community School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,980 students; Albert Schweitzer Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Albert Schweitzer Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 27% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Albert Schweitzer Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Albert Schweitzer Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Adlai Stevenson Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Albert Schweitzer Elementary School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 363 students in 2018 compared to 407 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 21% to 27% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.