Musson Elementary School

As a mid-sized primary school in ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan, Musson Elementary School instructs 505 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Rochester Community School District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Musson Elementary School sits 37% above that benchmark.

Rochester Community School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 14,592 students; Musson Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Musson Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 28% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Musson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Musson 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 64.2%; this one delivers 79.0%, a residual of +14.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Musson Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Van Hoosen Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Musson Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Musson Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 512 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 15% to 28% across the same window.

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