Uriah H Lawton School

Uriah H Lawton School, a medium-sized K-5 school in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, part of Ann Arbor Public Schools, teaches 422 students, covering grades K through 5.

Uriah H Lawton School is one of 32 schools operated by Ann Arbor Public Schools, a district that teaches 16,551 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Uriah H Lawton School reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Asian, 15% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Uriah H Lawton School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washtenaw County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Uriah H Lawton School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.1%; this one delivers 73.0%.

Across the wider county, Washtenaw County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Uriah H Lawton School is one of 104 public schools in Washtenaw County (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students).

Pioneer High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Uriah H Lawton School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Uriah H Lawton School's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 506 (now 422). The Asian share of enrollment fell from 28% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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