Maybury Elementary School

Maybury Elementary School is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, serveing 284 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Maybury Elementary School is one of 103 schools operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, a district that educates 48,448 students overall.

Demographically, Maybury Elementary School records that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Maybury Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 80% 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.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Maybury Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Western International High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 302 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 16% to 12%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.