Schwarzkoff Elementary School

Schwarzkoff Elementary School, a heavily attended K-5 school in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, one of the schools within Utica Community Schools, instructs 597 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Schwarzkoff Elementary School is one of 37 schools operated by Utica Community Schools, a district that educates 25,574 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Schwarzkoff Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 14% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Macomb County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Schwarzkoff Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household income runs about $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. Schwarzkoff Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: UCS Alternative Learning Center, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Schwarzkoff Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Schwarzkoff Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

Schwarzkoff Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 86% to 71% over that span.

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