Douglas Elementary 34 Campus

Douglas Elementary 34 Campus operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in GARDEN CITY, Michigan, one of the schools within Garden City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 412 students spanning grades 3 through 4.

Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is one of 8 schools operated by Garden City Public Schools, a district that instructs 3,193 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Douglas Elementary 34 Campus records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Douglas Elementary 34 Campus tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Douglas Elementary 34 Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 34.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is one.

Cambridge Alternative High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Douglas Elementary 34 Campus at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Douglas Elementary 34 Campus's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 412). Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 7% to 11%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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