Jesse L Anderson Elementary School

As a high-enrollment elementary school in TRENTON, Michigan, Jesse L Anderson Elementary School serves 617 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Trenton Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 369.

Trenton Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,582 students; Jesse L Anderson Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Jesse L Anderson Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Jesse L Anderson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at Jesse L Anderson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jesse L Anderson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Jesse L Anderson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Trenton High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jesse L Anderson Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jesse L Anderson Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

Jesse L Anderson Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jesse L Anderson Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 617). Over the same period, the White share fell from 92% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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