Ann L Dolsen Elementary School

Ann L Dolsen Elementary School, an average-sized elementary school in NEW HUDSON, Michigan, run under South Lyon Community Schools, teaches 427 students, covering grades K through 5.

South Lyon Community Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,231 students; Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Ann L Dolsen Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 29% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Ann L Dolsen Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 53.1%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is William A Pearson Elementary, roughly 2.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ann L Dolsen Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ann L Dolsen Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Ann L Dolsen Elementary School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 427). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 17% to 29%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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