Pittsfield School

Pittsfield School is one of the intimate primary schools in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, one of the schools within Ann Arbor Public Schools, with 230 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Ann Arbor Public Schools comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 16,551 students; Pittsfield School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pittsfield School reports that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 14% Black, 7% Asian. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Pittsfield School reports 20 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. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washtenaw County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pittsfield School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.2%; Pittsfield School posts 30.8%, -16.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Washtenaw County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Pittsfield School is one of 104 public schools in Washtenaw County (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washtenaw County Youth Center Educational Programs, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pittsfield School. On composite proficiency, Pittsfield School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

Pittsfield School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 46% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.