Custer Elementary School

Located at 5003 W ALBAIN RD, in MONROE, Michigan, Custer Elementary School is a well-populated elementary school that instructs 769 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Monroe Public Schools. That puts it 108% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Monroe Public Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,384 students; Custer Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Custer Elementary School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 14% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 74% of students at Custer Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Custer Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 24.6%.

In the area at large, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $77,335, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Custer Elementary School is one of 52 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students).

Monroe High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Custer Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Custer Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 937 (now 769). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 15% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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