Alfred E Upton Elementary School

Alfred E Upton Elementary School, a tight-knit elementary campus in ROYAL OAK, Michigan, one of the schools within Royal Oak Schools, works with 301 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Royal Oak Schools (4,727 students total), Alfred E Upton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Alfred E Upton Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 21% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Alfred E Upton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the area at large, Oakland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, 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 Alfred E Upton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Greenfield Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alfred E Upton Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alfred E Upton Elementary School has expanded 3%, going from 291 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 28% to 21% over that span.

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