David Hicks School

Families in INKSTER, Michigan, are served by David Hicks School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 466 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.

Wayne-Westland Community School District serves 8,980 students across 15 schools.

David Hicks School's enrollment is 78% Black. The remaining shares are 14% White, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Wayne County's population at about 37%. By the diversity index, David Hicks School comes in at 37%.

David Hicks School employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.1:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 80% in 2024-25. Public schools in Wayne County average 66%.

Wayne County census figures show that median household income is about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. A total of 573 public schools operate in Wayne County, serving about 259,786 students.

Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, David Hicks School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The student count in 2024-25 was 466, 25% above the 374 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.3:1 to 19.1:1.

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