📍 6528 Mansfield St, Detroit, Wayne County, 48228
Gardner Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 282 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gardner Elementary School enrolls 282 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Black or African American, 12% White and 2.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 237 | 84% |
| White | 35 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
251 of the school's 282 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 248 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gardner Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 3, state house district 9.
Gardner Elementary School is one of 107 schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District, based in DETROIT, Michigan. The district serves 48,828 students district-wide and employs 3,019 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 282 students, Gardner Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 456 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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