Gill Elementary School

Located at 21195 GILL RD, in FARMINGTON, Michigan, Gill Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school that works with 543 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Farmington Public School District. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Farmington Public School District runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,983 students. Gill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Gill Elementary School logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 17% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

In the area at large, Oakland County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Gill Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Power Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gill Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gill Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.4%.

Gill Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gill Elementary School has rose 5%, going from 518 students in 2018 to 543 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 50% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.