Baldwin Elementary School

Located at 4325 BANNISTER RD, in ROCHESTER, Michigan, Baldwin Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that hosts 534 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Rochester Community School District. Enrollment runs roughly 45% above the state mean of about 369.

Rochester Community School District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 14,592 students. Baldwin Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Baldwin Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Baldwin Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Baldwin Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Baldwin Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) records that median household income runs about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Baldwin Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Delta Kelly Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Baldwin Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.5%.

Baldwin Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baldwin Elementary School has edged down 5%, going from 563 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 9% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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