Erickson Elementary

Erickson Elementary serves students in YPSILANTI, Michigan, as a small elementary school. The latest federal count shows 271 students in grades 1 through 6. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.

Ypsilanti Community Schools, which runs Erickson Elementary, has 12 schools and 3,260 students.

At Erickson Elementary, Black students make up 61% of the student body. The remaining shares are 17% White, 15% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Washtenaw County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school's share is higher. Erickson Elementary's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.

Teachers at the school number 26.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.4:1. This ratio sits 5.5 below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Roughly 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 34% for public schools in Washtenaw County.

Washtenaw County census figures show that the median household income is $89,180, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Washtenaw County is home to 104 public schools and about 42,861 public school students.

The closest other public school is ACCE, about 0.6 miles away. Erickson Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 264. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.6:1 to 10.4:1.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Erickson Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.