Nolan ElementaryMiddle School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in DETROIT, Michigan, Nolan ElementaryMiddle School hosts 453 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Detroit Public Schools Community District. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Nolan ElementaryMiddle School lists that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nolan ElementaryMiddle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Nolan ElementaryMiddle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Michigan Cyber Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nolan ElementaryMiddle School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 26%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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