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Alumni: what's one memory from William Ford Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEARBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261160004603
William Ford Elementary School
14749 ALBER ST, DEARBORN, MI 48126 · (313) 827-6400 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
516 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like William Ford Elementary School
William Ford Elementary School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Ford Elementary School this school | 580 | 89.0% | 32.5% |
| Miller Elementary School DEARBORN | 575 | 90.1% | 39.3% |
| Lowrey Elementary School DEARBORN | 515 | 91.3% | 47.0% |
| Henry Ford Elementary School DEARBORN | 697 | 90.0% | 34.1% |
| Maples Elementary School DEARBORN | 541 | 94.5% | 40.4% |
| Robert M Larson Elementary School HARRISON | 582 | 83.2% | 24.1% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where William Ford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #890 of 1,085 | #112 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #730 of 1,072 | #93 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #928 of 1,139 | #118 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #145 of 1,630 | #51 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #142 of 1,424 | #17 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.4% | #1,367 of 1,424 | #236 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #212 of 1,563 | #105 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #512 of 979 | #83 of 177 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
580
-45 (-7%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 580 | 44.9 | 12.9:1 | 89% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 44.6 | 12.8:1 | 93% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 43.3 | 13.4:1 | 90% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 82% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 43.5 | 15.2:1 | 92% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 89% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 89% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 57% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Ford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (660 to 580); teachers up 3% (43.5 to 44.9).
About William Ford Elementary School
William Ford Elementary School, a large elementary school, is located in DEARBORN, Michigan. The school had 580 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 57% bigger than that.
William Ford Elementary School is one school in Dearborn City School District, a system of 37 schools with 19,197 students.
William Ford Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 98% White. In Wayne County overall, about 49% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at William Ford Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 4%.
Teachers at William Ford Elementary School total 44.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 26.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Wayne County, median household income is about $60,539, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The public schools of Wayne County number 573 and enroll about 259,786.
The closest public school to William Ford Elementary School is Fordson High School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of William Ford Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, William Ford Elementary School is behind the 44.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 5.
Under the NCES locale system, William Ford Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
William Ford Elementary School had 625 students in 2020-21 and 580 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dearborn City School District
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Stout Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
Other schools in DEARBORN
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Advanced Technology AcademyCombined · 1,207 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
Nearby schools
- Fordson High School0.5 mi · 1,966
- Woodworth Middle School0.5 mi · 699
- Riverside Academy West Campus0.7 mi · 470
- Maples Elementary School0.7 mi · 541
- Academy for Business and Technology Elementary0.7 mi · 256
- Lowrey Elementary School0.9 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About William Ford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at William Ford Elementary School?
William Ford Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does William Ford Elementary School serve?
William Ford Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at William Ford Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at William Ford Elementary School.
How diverse is William Ford Elementary School?
William Ford Elementary School reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees William Ford Elementary School?
William Ford Elementary School is overseen by Dearborn City School District in Wayne County.
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