James Foote School

A low-enrollment elementary school in LINCOLN PARK, Michigan, James Foote School is part of Lincoln Park School District of the City of. Enrolled students number 308 students, in pre-K through 5.

Lincoln Park School District of the City of operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,846 students.

James Foote School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 43%. The rest of enrollment is 34% White, 14% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wayne County's population at about 7%. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Dividing enrollment by its 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. That is higher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Eligible students account for 88% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Wayne County report 66%.

Census Bureau estimates for Wayne County show that the median household income is $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. There are 573 public schools in Wayne County, enrolling about 259,786 students in all.

The closest public school to James Foote School is Lincoln Park Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

2024-25 enrollment was 308, a 5% increase from 293 in 2020-21. The ratio was 19.5:1 in 2020-21 and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.

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