Ford Early Learning Center

In YPSILANTI, Michigan, part of Washtenaw County, Ford Early Learning Center is an elementary school. A total of 233 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students, so this school is 37% smaller than average.

Ypsilanti Community Schools is made up of 12 schools with 3,260 students in all.

At Ford Early Learning Center, the largest share of students is Black, at 48%. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 12% White, and 12% multiracial. That is higher than the 12% Black share among all Washtenaw County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Its 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school's lunch program data list 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Washtenaw County average 34%.

Within Washtenaw County, the median household income is $89,180, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Ford Early Learning Center, Washtenaw County has 103 other public schools.

Nearest public school: Ypsilanti Community Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Ford Early Learning Center is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.

Enrollment at Ford Early Learning Center climbed 25% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 187 to 233 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.9:1 in 2020-21, and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.

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