West Maple Elementary School

Located at 6275 INKSTER RD, in BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan, West Maple Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school that caters to 529 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Birmingham Public Schools. That puts it 43% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

West Maple Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Birmingham Public Schools, a district that educates 7,217 students overall.

Demographically, West Maple Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school records 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting West Maple Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, West Maple Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Oakland County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which West Maple Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wing Lake Developmental Center, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Maple Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Maple Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. West Maple Elementary School's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 529). Class-load math has grew: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.