Angell School

Angell School is a small elementary campus in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools. The school serves 294 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Across the 32 schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools (16,551 students total), Angell School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Angell School logs that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 15% Asian, 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Angell School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at Angell School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Washtenaw County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Angell School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.7%; Angell School posts 79.8%, +21.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Washtenaw County reports that median household income runs about $89,180, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which Angell School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Burns Park Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Angell School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 30% to 15% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Angell School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.