RooseveltMcGrath Elem School

RooseveltMcGrath Elem School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in WAYNE, Michigan, run under Wayne-Westland Community School District, serves 454 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 23% larger than typical.

Wayne-Westland Community School District runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 8,980 students. RooseveltMcGrath Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, RooseveltMcGrath Elem School shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 34% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Wayne County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, RooseveltMcGrath Elem School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible 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, RooseveltMcGrath Elem School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.5%; actual is 18.7%, a gap of -16.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), RooseveltMcGrath Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Metro Charter Academy, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RooseveltMcGrath Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 43%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 30% to 34% over that span.

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