Roberts Elementary School

Located at 2400 BELLE VIEW DR, in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Roberts Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community that instructs 534 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Utica Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 45% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Within Utica Community Schools, which oversees 37 schools and 25,574 students, Roberts Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Roberts Elementary School lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Roberts Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roberts Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Macomb County put the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Roberts Elementary School is one.

Switzer Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roberts Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 55.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roberts Elementary School has grew 5%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 89% to 57% over that span.

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