Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center

Located at 24678 MERRIMAN RD, in NEW BOSTON, Michigan, Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center is a small K-5 school that caters to 180 students (grades pre-K through K), run under Huron School District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center sits 51% leaner than that benchmark.

Huron School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,489 students. Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center is one.

The closest other public school is Carl T Renton Jr High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Alice I Ferguson Early Childhood Center operates from a residential location.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.