Bernice McDowell Elem School

At 22929 BREST in TAYLOR, Michigan, Bernice McDowell Elem School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 341 students in pre-K through 5.

Bernice McDowell Elem School is among 12 schools run by Taylor School District, which serves 5,572 students.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Bernice McDowell Elem School is White, with 41% of students. The next largest groups are 39% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The diversity index for Bernice McDowell Elem School is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Staffing at Bernice McDowell Elem School comes to 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. Bernice McDowell Elem School counts 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County is 17 points.

In Wayne County, home to about 1,772,259 people, median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Wayne County's 573 public schools enroll about 259,786 students and include Bernice McDowell Elem School.

Bernice McDowell Elem School is about 1.0 miles from Kinyon Elementary School, its nearest public school. Bernice McDowell Elem School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 247 to 341, a 38% rise. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.0:1 to 16.8:1.

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