Childs Elementary School

Located at 7300 BEMIS RD, in YPSILANTI, Michigan, Childs Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that works with 493 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Lincoln Consolidated School District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Childs Elementary School sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Lincoln Consolidated School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,122 students. Childs Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Childs Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Black, 16% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Childs Elementary School logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Washtenaw County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Childs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 32.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Washtenaw County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Washtenaw County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), Childs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Childs Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Childs Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 37.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 493 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 62% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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