Mary D Mitchell School

Mary D Mitchell School is an average-sized K-5 school in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, run under Ann Arbor Public Schools. The school caters to 372 students in grades K through 5.

Ann Arbor Public Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 16,551 students. Mary D Mitchell School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Mary D Mitchell School logs that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 23% Black, 15% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Washtenaw County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Mary D Mitchell School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.7%; Mary D Mitchell School posts 26.5%, -14.2 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Washtenaw County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Mary D Mitchell School is one of 104 public schools in Washtenaw County (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students).

The closest other public school is Scarlett Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary D Mitchell School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mary D Mitchell School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 402 (now 372). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 31% to 37%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Mary D Mitchell School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.