Bennie Elementary School

Bennie Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in ALLEN PARK, Michigan, overseen by Allen Park Public Schools, with 513 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Bennie Elementary School sits 39% larger than that benchmark.

Allen Park Public Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,694 students; Bennie Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bennie Elementary School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Bennie Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at Bennie Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bennie Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 34.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding 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 the poverty rate sits near 16%. Bennie Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Allen Park High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bennie Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 11% to 15%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.