Elementary · Michigan
Mary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School
Free meals for allMary McLeod Bethune ElementaryMiddle School, a public elementary school in Detroit, Michigan: grades pre-k–8, 692 students, 15.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 692
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.6
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 58% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared
More students per teacher than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared
Larger than 89% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Detroit Public Schools Community District.
Location
- Address
- 8145 Puritan St, Detroit, MI 48238
- Phone
- (313)494-3830
- City or town
- Detroit
- County
- Wayne County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Martin Luther King Jr Education Center AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 234 | 23.4 |
Bagley Elementary School of Journalism and TechnologyFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 374 | 17.2 |
Schulze Academy for Technology and ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 630 | 18.5 |
Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 451 | 13.5 |
AdamsYoung BuildingCharterFree meals for all | K–5 | 520 | 65.0 |
Palmer Park Preparatory AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 405 | 16.2 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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