Eriksson Elementary School

Eriksson Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in CANTON, Michigan, part of Plymouth-Canton Community Schools. The school caters to 443 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% above the state mean of about 369.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 15,978 students; Eriksson Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eriksson Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest reads as 18% Black, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at Eriksson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Eriksson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Eriksson Elementary School is one.

Field Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eriksson Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Eriksson Elementary School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 502 (now 443). The Asian share of enrollment fell from 16% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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