Geer Park Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in DEARBORN, Michigan, Geer Park Elementary School enrolls 380 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Dearborn City School District.

Dearborn City School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 19,197 students. Geer Park Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Geer Park Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Geer Park Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

Across the wider county, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Geer Park Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Woodworth Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Geer Park Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Geer Park Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 385 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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