Schoolcraft Elementary School

As a medium-sized primary school in WATERFORD, Michigan, Schoolcraft Elementary School serves 398 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Waterford School District.

Across the 17 schools in Waterford School District (6,641 students total), Schoolcraft Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Schoolcraft Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Schoolcraft Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Schoolcraft Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Waterford Kettering High 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 Schoolcraft Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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