Will L Lee School

Set in RICHMOND, Michigan, Will L Lee School is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Richmond Community Schools. It works with 478 students across grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Will L Lee School sits 30% bigger than that benchmark.

Richmond Community Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,538 students. Will L Lee School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Will L Lee School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Will L Lee School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Will L Lee School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Will L Lee School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 56.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Macomb County) reports that median household earnings sit near $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Macomb County's 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), Will L Lee School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richmond Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Will L Lee School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Will L Lee School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 472 students in 2018 compared to 478 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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