Owen Elementary School

Among the schools in PONTIAC, Michigan, is Owen Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 383 students are spread across kindergarten through 6.

The Pontiac City School District system has 9 schools and 3,773 students.

Enrollment at Owen Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 47%. After that, the student body is 41% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Oakland County is about 13% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Owen Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.

Federal staffing data show 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Owen Elementary School and a ratio of 22.0:1. That ratio is over the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 79% of students. The rate at public schools in Oakland County averages 32%, lower than here.

Oakland County has about 1,279,825 residents, and median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Oakland County number 345 and enroll about 169,926.

The closest other public school is Kennedy Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 19%, from 323 to 383.

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