Salem Elementary School

Salem Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in NORTHVILLE, Michigan, operated by South Lyon Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades K through 5.

South Lyon Community Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,231 students; Salem Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Salem Elementary School lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Salem Elementary School records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 32% of students at Salem Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Salem Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -6.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Washtenaw County put the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which Salem Elementary School is one.

Ridge Wood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Salem Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Salem Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salem Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 378 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 89% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Salem Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.