Rainbow Elementary School

Located at 33749 WURFEL ST, in CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Rainbow Elementary School is an intimate primary school that enrolls 254 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Clintondale Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 369.

Clintondale Community Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,899 students; Rainbow Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rainbow Elementary School logs that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 37% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Rainbow Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Rainbow Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at Rainbow Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Macomb County's rate of about 52%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Macomb County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Rainbow Elementary School is one.

Rainbow Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Rainbow Elementary School has increased 15%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 254 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 47% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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