Grogan Elementary School

Grogan Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in SOUTHGATE, Michigan, overseen by Southgate Community School District. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Southgate Community School District (3,857 students total), Grogan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Grogan Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Grogan Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Grogan Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shelters Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grogan Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grogan Elementary School has decreased 15%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 79% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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