Shelters Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in SOUTHGATE, Michigan, Shelters Elementary School works with 327 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Southgate Community School District.

Shelters Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Southgate Community School District, a district that teaches 3,857 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Shelters Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Shelters Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shelters Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Shelters Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Creative Montessori Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Shelters Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Shelters Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 327). The White share of enrollment shrank from 82% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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