Moraine Elementary School

Moraine Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in NORTHVILLE, Michigan, run under Northville Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 379 students spanning grades K through 5.

Northville Public Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,006 students; Moraine Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Moraine Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder consists of 12% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Moraine Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 76.9%, a residual of +13.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Moraine Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Cooke School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Moraine Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Moraine Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moraine Elementary School has ticked down 23%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 74% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.