Violet Elementary School

Violet Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, one of the schools within Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb), teacheing 471 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 369.

Across the 6 schools in Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb) (3,219 students total), Violet Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Violet Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Macomb County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Violet Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.2%; Violet Elementary School posts 31.4%, -15.8 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Macomb County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Violet Elementary School is one.

Lake Shore High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Violet Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Violet Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 20% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 471). Class-load math has rose: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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