Farrand Elementary School

Farrand Elementary School operates as an average-sized K-5 school in PLYMOUTH, Michigan, operated by Plymouth-Canton Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 402 students spanning grades K through 5.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 15,978 students. Farrand Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Farrand Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Farrand Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Farrand Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Winchester Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Farrand Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Farrand Elementary School has ticked down 6%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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