Dicken Elementary School

Dicken Elementary School is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools, teacheing 320 students in grades K through 5.

Ann Arbor Public Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 16,551 students. Dicken Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Dicken Elementary School records that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washtenaw County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dicken Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 56.1%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which Dicken Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Eberwhite School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dicken Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dicken Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 67.4%.

Dicken Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dicken Elementary School has edged down 7%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 51% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.