Alcott School

Alcott School, a mid-sized K-5 school in PONTIAC, Michigan, overseen by Pontiac City School District, teaches 334 students, covering grades K through 5.

Pontiac City School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,773 students. Alcott School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alcott School lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 32% Black, 6% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 5% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Alcott School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Alcott School is one.

Whitman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Alcott School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alcott School has decreased 30%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 31.9:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.