Douglas Road Elementary School

Douglas Road Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in LAMBERTVILLE, Michigan, overseen by Bedford Public Schools. The school enrolls 553 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 50% above typical.

Douglas Road Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Bedford Public Schools, a district that hosts 3,911 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Douglas Road Elementary School logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Douglas Road Elementary School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Douglas Road 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 44.0%, a residual of -11.6 points.

In the area at large, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $77,335, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Douglas Road Elementary School is one of 52 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students).

Meadowvale Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Douglas Road Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.8%.

Douglas Road Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 563 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, 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.