Doherty Elementary School

Doherty Elementary School operates as an average-sized K-5 school in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, overseen by West Bloomfield School District. Current enrollment sits at 476 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Doherty Elementary School sits 29% above that benchmark.

Doherty Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by West Bloomfield School District, a district that enrolls 4,949 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Doherty Elementary School reports that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 41% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Doherty Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.0%; this one comes in at 30.6%, -23.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Oakland County) shows that median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Doherty Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Bloomfield Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Doherty Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Doherty Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 476). Black enrollment moved from 34% to 41% across the same window.

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