Field Elementary School

Field Elementary School, a medium-sized primary school in CANTON, Michigan, overseen by Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, caters to 467 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 369.

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

On demographics, Field Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 12% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Field Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Field Elementary School is one.

Eriksson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Field Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Field Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.8%.

Field Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Field Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.