Harms Elementary School

Harms Elementary School is a compact elementary campus in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school instructs 279 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Harms Elementary School sits 24% below that benchmark.

Detroit Public Schools Community District runs 103 schools in total, collectively educating 48,448 students. Harms Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Harms Elementary School records that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 13% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 85% of students at Harms Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Harms Elementary School is one.

Cesar Chavez Academy Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harms Elementary School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harms Elementary School has fell 29%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 6% to 13%.

On allk12, members of the Harms Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.