📍 8530 Joy Rd, Detroit, Wayne County, 48204
Barton Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Detroit, Wayne County. The school has 146 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barton Elementary School enrolls 146 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 143 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
135 of the school's 146 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 134 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Barton 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 5.
Barton 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 146 students, Barton 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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