Gretchko Elementary School

Gretchko Elementary School, a medium-sized primary school in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, operated by West Bloomfield School District, hosts 331 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

West Bloomfield School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,949 students; Gretchko Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Gretchko Elementary School shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gretchko Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 45.6%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) records that median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Gretchko Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Haviland Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gretchko Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gretchko Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 63% to 51%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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