Rodgers Elementary School

Set in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, Rodgers Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb). It caters to 534 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

Rodgers Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb), a district that instructs 3,219 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Rodgers Elementary School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Rodgers Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rodgers Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.8%; actual is 32.9%, a gap of -13.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Macomb County) reports that median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Rodgers Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lakeview Virtual School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rodgers Elementary School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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