Fordline Elementary School

As an intimate primary school in SOUTHGATE, Michigan, Fordline Elementary School enrolls 308 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Southgate Community School District.

Southgate Community School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,857 students; Fordline Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fordline Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% multiracial. 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, On paper, Fordline Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Fordline Elementary School is one.

Davidson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Fordline Elementary School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 308). White enrollment moved from 65% to 59% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.