Detroit Community Schools Elementary

Detroit Community Schools Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 366 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Within Detroit Community Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 665 students, Detroit Community Schools Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Detroit Community Schools Elementary shows that nearly all students (100%) are Black. 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 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Detroit Community Schools Elementary is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Detroit Community Schools High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Detroit Community Schools Elementary.

The school occupies a high-density site. Detroit Community Schools Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Detroit Community Schools Elementary has ticked down 8%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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