Dean A Naldrett School

Dean A Naldrett School, a moderately sized primary school in CHESTERFIELD, Michigan, one of the schools within Anchor Bay School District, caters to 353 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Anchor Bay School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,295 students; Dean A Naldrett School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dean A Naldrett School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Dean A Naldrett School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Dean A Naldrett School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 27% 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 south of Macomb County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dean A Naldrett School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 49.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate median household income runs about $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Dean A Naldrett School is one.

The closest other public school is Green Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dean A Naldrett School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dean A Naldrett School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 104%: 173 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 84%. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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