The School at Marygrove

The School at Marygrove, a sprawling combined-grade school in DETROIT, Michigan, operated by Detroit Public Schools Community District, hosts 606 students, covering grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 116% larger than the state mean of about 281.

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

Demographically, The School at Marygrove shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting The School at Marygrove tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at The School at Marygrove qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, The School at Marygrove sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), The School at Marygrove is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The School at Marygrove.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Inside the community feed, the feed for The School at Marygrove typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.