Gompers ElementaryMiddle School

Gompers ElementaryMiddle School is one of the heavily attended elementary-level communitys in DETROIT, Michigan, run under Detroit Public Schools Community District, with 749 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Gompers ElementaryMiddle School sits 103% larger than that benchmark.

Within Detroit Public Schools Community District, which oversees 103 schools and 48,448 students, Gompers ElementaryMiddle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gompers ElementaryMiddle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Gompers ElementaryMiddle School shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Gompers ElementaryMiddle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Gompers ElementaryMiddle School is one.

The closest other public school is Detroit Community Schools Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gompers ElementaryMiddle School.

Gompers ElementaryMiddle School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gompers ElementaryMiddle School has stayed largely flat, going from 765 students in 2018 to 749 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On this page, 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.