Gladys Dillon Elementary School

Gladys Dillon Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary school in BURTON, Michigan, overseen by Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 215 students spanning grades K through 3. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,500 students; Gladys Dillon Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gladys Dillon Elementary School logs that Black students make up the majority at 55%. Beyond that, the school reports 32% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gladys Dillon Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Genesee County shows median household income runs about $62,281, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Gladys Dillon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Bendle Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gladys Dillon Elementary School has shrank 20%, going from 268 students in 2018 to 215 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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