📍 100 Helen St, Inkster, Wayne County, 48141
David Hicks School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Inkster, Wayne County. The school has 407 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wayne-Westland Community School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
David Hicks School enrolls 407 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Black or African American, 14% White and 3.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 317 | 78% |
| White | 56 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
363 of the school's 407 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 355 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
David Hicks School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 5, state house district 11.
David Hicks School is one of 16 schools in Wayne-Westland Community School District, based in WESTLAND, Michigan. The district serves 9,861 students district-wide and employs 625 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 407 students, David Hicks School is smaller than the district average of about 616 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large