Kurtz Elementary School

Kurtz Elementary School operates as an average-sized primary school in MILFORD, Michigan, run under Huron Valley Schools. Current enrollment sits at 400 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 16 schools in Huron Valley Schools (7,372 students total), Kurtz Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Kurtz Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Kurtz Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Kurtz Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Oakland County shows median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Kurtz Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Muir Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kurtz Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Kurtz Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 400). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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