Ypsilanti International Elementary School

Ypsilanti International Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in YPSILANTI, Michigan, run under Ypsilanti Community Schools, with 416 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Ypsilanti Community Schools (3,260 students total), Ypsilanti International Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ypsilanti International Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Black, 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Ypsilanti International Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ypsilanti International Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Washtenaw County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), Ypsilanti International Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Holmes Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ypsilanti International Elementary School's enrollment has increased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 326 (now 416). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 41% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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