Vandenberg Elementary School

Vandenberg Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in SOUTHFIELD, Michigan. It has an enrollment of 245 students in grades 1 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 34% below that mark.

Southfield Public School District is the district for Vandenberg Elementary School. It has 13 schools and 4,692 students.

By race and ethnicity, Vandenberg Elementary School is 82% Black. Next come 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% White. The county population is about 13% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.

Classroom staffing at Vandenberg Elementary School totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Vandenberg Elementary School is about 74%. Public schools in Oakland County average 32%.

For Oakland County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,760 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Oakland County number 345, with about 169,926 students.

Measured in a straight line, Crescent Academy PK2 is about 0.6 miles from Vandenberg Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.

The school shrank from 366 students in 2017-18 to 245 in 2023-24. The largest shift in the student mix was in the White share, which decreased from 17% to 4%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2023-24 it was 14.4:1.

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