Burr Elementary School

Set in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, Burr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school, operated by Utica Community Schools. It works with 490 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 33% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Utica Community Schools comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 25,574 students; Burr Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Burr Elementary School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Macomb County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Burr Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Macomb County shows median household earnings sit near $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Burr Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Frank Jeannette Jr High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burr Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burr Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burr Elementary School has contracted 12%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 490 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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