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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Douglas Elementary 34 Campus administration to hear?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261554008161
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus
6400 HARTEL ST, GARDEN CITY, MI 48135 · (734) 762-8450 · Wayne County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
216 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 195 | 47% |
| Grade 4 | 217 | 53% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Garden City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
33.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Douglas Elementary 34 Campus
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Elementary 34 Campus this school | 412 | 52.4% | 34.2% |
| Elms Road Elementary School SWARTZ CREEK | 420 | 51.2% | 29.2% |
| Morrish Elementary School SWARTZ CREEK | 435 | 53.1% | N/A |
| Memorial Elementary 12 Campus GARDEN CITY | 419 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Ross Park Elementary School MUSKEGON | 450 | 54.4% | 39.1% |
| Ethel C Bobcean Elem School FLAT ROCK | 376 | 54.5% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Douglas Elementary 34 Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #853 of 1,085 | #106 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #847 of 1,072 | #109 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #863 of 1,139 | #110 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #595 of 1,630 | #141 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #409 of 1,424 | #63 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #630 of 1,424 | #105 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #851 of 1,563 | #227 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #641 of 979 | #110 of 177 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
412
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 412 | 28.1 | 14.7:1 | 52% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 28.9 | 15.1:1 | 64% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 61% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 59% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 21.8 | 20.6:1 | 61% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 17 | 25.8:1 | 51% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 56% (343) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Elementary 34 Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (450 to 412); teachers up 29% (21.8 to 28.1).
About Douglas Elementary 34 Campus
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is a mid-sized elementary school in GARDEN CITY, Michigan. It reported 412 students in grades 3 through 4 in 2024-25.
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus falls under Garden City Public Schools, which has 8 schools enrolling 3,193 students.
The share of White students at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is 76%, a majority. Smaller groups are 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Wayne County is roughly 49% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus reported 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.7:1. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. Roughly 52% of students at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 66% average among public schools in Wayne County.
On the allk12 Grade, Douglas Elementary 34 Campus lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.1% at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.2%.
The county, Wayne County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $60,539 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Douglas Elementary 34 Campus, Wayne County has 573 public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Douglas Elementary 34 Campus from the closest public school, Cambridge Alternative High School. The five-mile area around Douglas Elementary 34 Campus holds at least 8 other public schools. Douglas Elementary 34 Campus's average proficiency of 34.2% compares with 37.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 404 to 412, a small change. Students per teacher dropped from 16.8 in 2020-21 to 14.7 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden City Public Schools
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Farmington 56 CampusMiddle · 455 students
- Garden City Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Memorial Elementary 12 CampusElementary · 419 students
- Cambridge Alternative High SchoolHigh · 258 students
- Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten CenterElementary · 222 students
Other schools in GARDEN CITY
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 896 students
- Farmington 56 CampusMiddle · 455 students
- Garden City Middle SchoolMiddle · 423 students
- Memorial Elementary 12 CampusElementary · 419 students
- Tipton Academy PK3Elementary · 301 students
- Cambridge Alternative High SchoolHigh · 258 students
Nearby schools
- Cambridge Alternative High School0.3 mi · 258
- Garden City High School0.3 mi · 896
- Tipton Academy PK30.9 mi · 301
- Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center1.1 mi · 222
- Cooper Upper Elementary School1.2 mi · 638
- Memorial Elementary 12 Campus1.3 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas Elementary 34 CampusWhat is the total enrollment at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus?
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus enrolls approximately 412 students in grades 03-04.
Is Douglas Elementary 34 Campus an elementary, middle, or high school?
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is an elementary school covering grades 03-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is approximately 14.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Douglas Elementary 34 Campus?
At Douglas Elementary 34 Campus, the student body is approximately 76% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Douglas Elementary 34 Campus in?
Douglas Elementary 34 Campus is part of Garden City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.