Kinloch Elementary School

Kinloch Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary campuss in DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan, run under Crestwood School District, with 557 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 51% bigger than the state mean of about 369.

Crestwood School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,690 students. Kinloch Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Kinloch Elementary School reports that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kinloch Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 34.2%; actual is 59.4%, +25.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kinloch Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Crestwood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kinloch Elementary School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 12%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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