Summary:
Zip code 48183 is home to seven elementary schools serving grades PK-5 across three public school districts: Trenton Public Schools, Gibraltar School District, and Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, with enrollment ranging from 285 to 617 students.
For parents seeking top academic performance, Yake Elementary School is the clear standout, ranking in the 90th percentile statewide with a 5-star rating. Its 4th-grade math proficiency reached an extraordinary 87.3% in 2024-2025, far outpacing district and state averages. Jesse L Anderson Elementary School is another strong choice, ranking in the 77th percentile and showing consistent improvement across subjects. It also boasts the lowest chronic absenteeism rate (6.8%) and the lowest free/reduced lunch percentage (28.36%) in the area. The remaining five schools—Hunter Elementary School, Bates Elementary School, Erving Elementary School, Richard C Hedke Elementary School, and Frank E Weiss Elementary School—cluster in the 51st to 63rd percentile range, offering solid but less exceptional performance.
A striking finding is that per-student spending does not correlate with success. Richard C Hedke Elementary School spends the most ($25,650 per student) yet ranks in the bottom half, while Jesse L Anderson Elementary School spends the least ($14,508) and is a top performer. Additionally, 5th-grade math proficiency drops sharply across nearly all schools—for example, at Jesse L Anderson, 3rd-grade math is 67.3% but falls to 30.1% by 5th grade—suggesting a systemic challenge in upper-elementary math instruction. Encouragingly, Hunter Elementary School has improved from the 55th to 81st percentile over two years, while Frank E Weiss Elementary School has risen from 44th to 63rd, indicating positive trajectories for families considering these schools.
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