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William D Miller Elem School
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William D Miller Elem School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in NEW BOSTON, Michigan, operated by Huron School District. The school caters to 489 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.
Within Huron School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,489 students, William D Miller Elem School is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, William D Miller Elem School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William D Miller Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 40.6%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which William D Miller Elem School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Barth Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William D Miller Elem School. On composite proficiency, William D Miller Elem School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 38.3%.
William D Miller Elem School operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. William D Miller Elem School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 489). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
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