Ferry Elementary School

Located at 748 ROSLYN RD, in GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Michigan, Ferry Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that serves 357 students (grades K through 4), operated by Grosse Pointe Public Schools.

Grosse Pointe Public Schools runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,326 students. Ferry Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ferry Elementary School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Ferry Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 11% 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 noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ferry Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 56.6%.

Around the school, Wayne County reports that 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%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Ferry Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Grosse Pointe North High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ferry Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ferry Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ferry Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 357). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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