Hugger Elementary School

Hugger Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in ROCHESTER, Michigan, operated by Rochester Community School District. The school hosts 512 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Rochester Community School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 14,592 students; Hugger Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hugger Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hugger Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. Hugger Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Hart Middle School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hugger Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.0%.

Hugger Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Hugger Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 512). The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 82% over that span.

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