HamiltonParsons Elementary School

Set in LEONARD, Michigan, HamiltonParsons Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school, part of Romeo Community Schools. It serves 498 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Across the 7 schools in Romeo Community Schools (5,293 students total), HamiltonParsons Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HamiltonParsons Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting HamiltonParsons Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HamiltonParsons Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 51.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) logs that median household income runs about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), HamiltonParsons Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Romeo Middle School, roughly 3.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around HamiltonParsons Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HamiltonParsons Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HamiltonParsons Elementary School has increased 6%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 498 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.