Tonda Elementary School

Tonda Elementary School is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in CANTON, Michigan, overseen by Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, hosting 476 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

Across the 25 schools in Plymouth-Canton Community Schools (15,978 students total), Tonda Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Tonda Elementary School lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Tonda Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tonda Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) reports that median household earnings sit near $60,539, 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 Tonda Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Plymouth High School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tonda Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Tonda Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 476). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Tonda Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.