Kenwood Elementary School

Kenwood Elementary School is a small elementary school in CLAWSON, Michigan, (ZIP code 48017). The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 162 students. The school is 56% below the average for elementary schools in Michigan.

Federal data list 4 schools in Clawson Public Schools, with 1,349 students enrolled.

At Kenwood Elementary School, 78% of students are White. The school is also 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 69% White share among all Oakland County residents. The diversity index for Kenwood Elementary School is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The school has 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Kenwood Elementary School, 41% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 32% average for public schools in Oakland County is 9 points lower.

In the surrounding county, Oakland County, median household income comes to about $97,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 51% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 345, with about 169,926 students.

Kenwood Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Clawson High School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

In 2023-24, the school enrolled 162, down from 259 in 2017-18. White enrollment as a share of the school grew from 74% to 78%. From 2017-18 to 2023-24, the ratio dropped from 14.8:1 to 13.3:1.

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