Pasteur Elementary School

Pasteur Elementary School is a compact K-5 school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District. The school works with 310 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Pasteur Elementary School is one of 103 schools operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, a district that serves 48,448 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Pasteur Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Pasteur Elementary School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Pasteur Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Pasteur Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Palmer Park Preparatory Academy, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Pasteur Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 310). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Pasteur Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.