Arborwood Elementary School

Arborwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in MONROE, Michigan. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 462 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students.

Monroe Public Schools has a total of 7 schools and 4,384 students, Arborwood Elementary School among them.

Arborwood Elementary School's enrollment is 52% White. The next largest groups are 24% Black, 17% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. In Monroe County overall, about 90% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Arborwood Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.

Staffing totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 79%. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Monroe County is 38 points.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Monroe County show that median household income is about $77,335, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 52 public schools in Monroe County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,286.

Monroe Middle School is the closest public school, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Arborwood Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.

Arborwood Elementary School saw enrollment fall 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 15.4:1 in 2020-21 and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.

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