Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology

Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in DETROIT, Michigan, overseen by Detroit Public Schools Community District, enrolling 374 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology is one of 103 schools operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, a district that caters to 48,448 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology records that nearly all students (97%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mumford High School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and Technology.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 376 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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