Arborwood Elementary School

Arborwood Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in MONROE, Michigan, overseen by Monroe Public Schools, enrolls 462 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Arborwood Elementary School sits 25% above that benchmark.

Arborwood Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Monroe Public Schools, a district that hosts 4,384 students overall.

On demographics, Arborwood Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 24% Black, 17% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, Arborwood Elementary School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monroe County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,335, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Monroe County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students), of which Arborwood Elementary School is one.

Monroe Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Arborwood Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Arborwood Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 37% since 2018, when it stood at 734 (now 462). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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