Wattles Elementary School

Wattles Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in TROY, Michigan, overseen by Troy School District. Current enrollment sits at 406 students spanning grades K through 5.

Wattles Elementary School is one of 21 schools operated by Troy School District, a district that caters to 11,596 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wattles Elementary School reports that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 10% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wattles Elementary School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wattles Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 57.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Oakland County shows median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Wattles Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Leonard Elementary 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. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wattles Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.6%.

Wattles Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 47% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Wattles Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.