Moses Field Center

Moses Field Center operates as a minimally staffed elementary campus in DETROIT, Michigan, run under Detroit Public Schools Community District. Current enrollment sits at 69 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Moses Field Center sits 81% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 103 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District (48,448 students total), Moses Field Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Moses Field Center lists that Black students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder comes out to 10% White, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at Moses Field Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Moses Field Center is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Garvey Academy, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Moses Field Center operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Moses Field Center's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 69). Black enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window.

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