R Grant Graham Elem School

R Grant Graham Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, overseen by Avondale School District. The school hosts 390 students in grades K through 5.

R Grant Graham Elem School is one of 9 schools operated by Avondale School District, a district that hosts 3,798 students overall.

On the student-mix side, R Grant Graham Elem School shows that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% Asian, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, R Grant Graham Elem School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.8%; this one comes in at 24.6%, -14.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Oakland County reports that median household income runs about $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which R Grant Graham Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Avondale High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around R Grant Graham Elem School.

R Grant Graham Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. R Grant Graham Elem School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 390). The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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