Perry Early Learning Center

A small elementary school in YPSILANTI, Michigan, Perry Early Learning Center is part of Ypsilanti Community Schools. In all, 271 students attend the school in pre-K through 1. It has 27% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).

Ypsilanti Community Schools operates 12 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,260 students.

More than half of enrollment at Perry Early Learning Center is Black: 62%. Other groups include 14% White, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 12% Black. The diversity index for Perry Early Learning Center is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Classroom staffing at Perry Early Learning Center totals 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.5:1. Compared with the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 80% of students (216) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Washtenaw County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.

Census data for Washtenaw County show median household income comes to about $89,180, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 104 public schools and about 42,861 students.

Washtenaw Alliance for Virtual Education sits about 0.6 miles from Perry Early Learning Center. Perry Early Learning Center has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Under the NCES locale system, Perry Early Learning Center is Suburb: Large.

Federal enrollment counts fell from 302 (2020-21) to 271 (2024-25).

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