Key Elementary School

Key Elementary School is one of the public schools in OAK PARK, Michigan. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 516 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 40% above that mark.

Oak Park School District of the City of has 7 schools; together they serve 2,986 students.

The share of Black students at Key Elementary School is 91%. Other groups make up 6% White. Oakland County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.

With 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.3:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Key Elementary School, 83% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Oakland County average 32%.

For the population of Oakland County, median household income comes to about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Oakland County's 345 public schools enroll about 169,926 students and include Key Elementary School.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Oak Park Preparatory Academy, is the closest to Key Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2020-21, Key Elementary School enrolled 559 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 516. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.3:1.

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