Edgemont Elementary School

Edgemont Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in BELLEVILLE, Michigan, overseen by Van Buren Public Schools. The school hosts 358 students in grades K through 5.

Within Van Buren Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 4,206 students, Edgemont Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Edgemont Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 28% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Edgemont Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.7%; this one comes in at 25.2%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Edgemont Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Savage Road Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edgemont Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Edgemont Elementary School's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 358). The Black share of enrollment increased from 22% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.