Clarkston Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary school in CLARKSTON, Michigan, Clarkston Elementary School serves 416 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Clarkston Community School District.

Within Clarkston Community School District, which oversees 13 schools and 6,670 students, Clarkston Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Clarkston Elementary School reports that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, Clarkston Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Clarkston Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Clarkston Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clarkston Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.9%; this one delivers 58.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Oakland County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Clarkston Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Renaissance Alternative High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clarkston Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clarkston Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clarkston Elementary School has climbed 12%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 416 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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