Dodson Elementary School

Set in CANTON, Michigan, Dodson Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by Plymouth-Canton Community Schools. It enrolls 470 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Dodson Elementary School sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 15,978 students; Dodson Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Dodson Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Asian, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dodson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.2%, the actual is 58.2%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Across the wider county, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Dodson Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Canton Preparatory High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dodson Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Dodson Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.