Lowrey Elementary School

Lowrey Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in DEARBORN, Michigan, one of the schools within Dearborn City School District, enrolling 515 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Across the 37 schools in Dearborn City School District (19,197 students total), Lowrey Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lowrey Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Lowrey Elementary School logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Lowrey Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lowrey Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.9%; Lowrey Elementary School posts 47.0%, +21.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Lowrey Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lowrey Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lowrey Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

Lowrey Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowrey Elementary School has fell 25%, going from 690 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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