Wegienka Elementary School

Wegienka Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in FLAT ROCK, Michigan, operated by Woodhaven-Brownstown School District. The school serves 392 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Within Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, which oversees 9 schools and 5,296 students, Wegienka Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wegienka Elementary School shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wegienka Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 51.7%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Wegienka Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maple Grove Alternative High School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wegienka Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wegienka Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.4%.

Wegienka Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 392 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 71% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Wegienka Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.