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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Shelters Elementary School, Southgate, MI

CEP schoolShelters Elementary School is a public elementary school in Southgate, part of Southgate Community School District. It enrolled 327 students in 2024-25, with 13.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
327
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
13.6
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 4.3 lower than the district figure of 17.9. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.6
District17.9
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
12600 Fordline St, Southgate, MI 48195
Phone
(734)246-4631
District
Southgate Community School District
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
263234006795
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
192
Reduced-price lunch
28
Free or reduced-price lunch
22067.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Southgate Community School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Southgate

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.