McCollough Elementary School

As an average-sized K-5 school in DEARBORN, Michigan, McCollough Elementary School serves 424 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Dearborn City School District.

McCollough Elementary School is one of 37 schools operated by Dearborn City School District, a district that teaches 19,197 students overall.

Looking at the student body, McCollough Elementary School shows that nearly all students (97%) are White. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, McCollough Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, McCollough Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. McCollough Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Unis Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McCollough Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McCollough Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McCollough Elementary School has edged down 16%, going from 503 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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