Chrysler Elementary School

Chrysler Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment primary schools in DETROIT, Michigan, part of Detroit Public Schools Community District, with 137 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Chrysler Elementary School sits 63% below that benchmark.

Detroit Public Schools Community District comprises 103 schools with combined enrollment of 48,448 students; Chrysler Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Chrysler Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Chrysler Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.5%; actual is 60.9%, +22.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Chrysler Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

WAY Michigan is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chrysler Elementary School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chrysler Elementary School has fell 10%, going from 152 students in 2018 to 137 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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