Smith Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in PLYMOUTH, Michigan, Smith Elementary School serves 364 students from grades K through 5, run under Plymouth-Canton Community Schools.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 15,978 students; Smith Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Smith Elementary School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Smith Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 61.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Smith Elementary School is one.

PCCS Middle Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 Smith Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

Smith Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Smith Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 364). The White share of enrollment fell from 89% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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