Key Elementary School

Key Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in OAK PARK, Michigan, operated by Oak Park School District of the City of, serveing 516 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 40% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Oak Park School District of the City of runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,986 students. Key Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Key Elementary School lists that nearly all students (91%) are Black; the rest comes out to 6% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Key Elementary School shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Key Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oakland County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Key Elementary School is one.

Oak Park Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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