Beechview Elementary School

Beechview Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school in FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan, one of the schools within Farmington Public School District. The school instructs 366 students in grades K through 5.

Within Farmington Public School District, which oversees 16 schools and 8,983 students, Beechview Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Beechview Elementary School records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beechview Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.2%; Beechview Elementary School posts 37.3%, -15.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Beechview Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Farmington Central High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beechview Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 24%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Beechview Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.