Thorne Elementary School

Thorne Elementary School operates as a well-populated elementary-level community in DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan, overseen by Westwood Community School District. Current enrollment sits at 593 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Thorne Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Westwood Community School District, a district that instructs 1,502 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Thorne Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Thorne Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate 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. Thorne Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Tomlinson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 765 students in 2018 compared to 593 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 71% to 65%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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