PD Graham Elementary School

PD Graham Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in WESTLAND, Michigan, overseen by Wayne-Westland Community School District. The school works with 429 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PD Graham Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by Wayne-Westland Community School District, a district that works with 8,980 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PD Graham Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PD Graham Elementary School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PD Graham Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.5%; actual is 29.0%, a gap of -14.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wayne County put 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%. PD Graham Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Adlai Stevenson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PD Graham Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PD Graham Elementary School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PD Graham Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 429). Black enrollment moved from 23% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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