Ardmore Elementary School

Set in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, Ardmore Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). It serves 370 students across grades K through 5.

Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb) comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,124 students; Ardmore Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ardmore Elementary School records that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Ardmore Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ardmore Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.2%; this one delivers 43.1%.

Around the school, census data for Macomb County shows median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Ardmore Elementary School is one.

Lakeview Virtual School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ardmore Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ardmore Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

Ardmore Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.