HarveySwanson Elementary School

HarveySwanson Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in ORTONVILLE, Michigan, overseen by Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland and Lapee. Current enrollment sits at 548 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland and Lapee comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,004 students; HarveySwanson Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, HarveySwanson Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting HarveySwanson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at HarveySwanson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HarveySwanson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), HarveySwanson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Brandon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HarveySwanson Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

HarveySwanson Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. HarveySwanson Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 548). Class-load math has grew: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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