Haigh Elementary School

Located at 601 N SILVERY LN, in DEARBORN, Michigan, Haigh Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school that serves 552 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Dearborn City School District. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

Dearborn City School District comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 19,197 students; Haigh Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Haigh Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Haigh Elementary School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 61% of students at Haigh Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Haigh Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.3%; Haigh Elementary School posts 55.9%, +16.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Haigh Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bryant Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Haigh Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Haigh Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 505 (now 552). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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