Bates Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in WOODHAVEN, Michigan, Bates Elementary School educates 379 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under Woodhaven-Brownstown School District.

Across the 9 schools in Woodhaven-Brownstown School District (5,296 students total), Bates Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bates Elementary School records that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 52% of students at Bates Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bates Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Bates Elementary School is one.

Erving Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bates Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bates Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 67% to 55%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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