Dresden Elementary School

Dresden Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, overseen by Utica Community Schools. The school instructs 420 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Utica Community Schools, which oversees 37 schools and 25,574 students, Dresden Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Dresden Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Macomb County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Dresden Elementary School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 62% of students at Dresden Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dresden Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Dresden Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Henry Ford II High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dresden Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

Dresden Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 84% to 74% over that span.

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