Durfee ElementaryMiddle School

As a sprawling elementary school in DETROIT, Michigan, Durfee ElementaryMiddle School hosts 632 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under Detroit Public Schools Community District. Enrollment runs roughly 71% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Within Detroit Public Schools Community District, which oversees 103 schools and 48,448 students, Durfee ElementaryMiddle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Durfee ElementaryMiddle School lists that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Durfee ElementaryMiddle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Durfee ElementaryMiddle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 27%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.