Spain ElementaryMiddle School

Spain ElementaryMiddle School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in DETROIT, Michigan, one of the schools within Detroit Public Schools Community District. Current enrollment sits at 403 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Within Detroit Public Schools Community District, which oversees 103 schools and 48,448 students, Spain ElementaryMiddle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Spain ElementaryMiddle School shows that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Other groups include 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the resource side, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spain ElementaryMiddle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Crockett Midtown High School of Science and Medicine, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 99% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.