Nichols ElementaryMiddle School

Nichols ElementaryMiddle School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, instructing 311 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Detroit Public Schools Community District runs 103 schools in total, collectively educating 48,448 students. Nichols ElementaryMiddle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Nichols ElementaryMiddle School shows that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Nichols ElementaryMiddle School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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.

In the surrounding community, Wayne County reports that 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%. Nichols ElementaryMiddle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

The closest other public school is Detroit Prep, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nichols ElementaryMiddle School.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 292 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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