The top reported proficiency rate is 18% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Hilbert Elementary School
Hilbert Elementary School sits on Puritan Street in Redford Township, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit. It is a regular public school in the Redford Union Schools District, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. The building itself has a recent history that parents may want to know about. After a construction bond passed in 2021, the district closed two elementary schools, Stuckey and Beck, and repurposed the old junior high building as Hilbert Elementary. The junior high moved into the high school building. So the school families see today is a product of that reorganization, with shifted grade configurations and consolidated options across the district.
The community around the school is car-dependent and suburban, with postwar single-family homes and commercial strips along arterial roads like Telegraph Road and Grand River Avenue. There is no traditional walkable downtown in Redford. Civic life centers on the town hall complex on West Six Mile Road, the Redford Township District Library, and the Redford Marquee, an amphitheater and open-air market created from the old library building. The township has more than a dozen parks, including Lola Valley Park and Bell Creek Park, with playgrounds and walking paths. Redford's population has shifted over the past two decades, becoming more racially diverse, and the township has seen modest population decline followed by a partial rebound by 2020.
Hilbert's enrollment is roughly four hundred students, with a fairly even spread across grade levels from kindergarten through sixth. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is consistent with the economic profile of the surrounding area. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller Hispanic, white, and multiracial groups. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
State testing results from the most recent year tell a clear story, and it is one of low proficiency across the board. In math, the percentage of students scoring proficient or above was in the teens in third grade, dipped to single digits in fourth grade, fell further in fifth grade, and came back to roughly the teens in sixth. English language arts results were similar, with proficiency in the teens across third through fifth grade and a modest uptick in sixth grade. Science and social studies, both tested only in fifth grade, showed proficiency in the low teens and single digits respectively. When measured against other schools in Wayne County, Hilbert's overall proficiency sits in the bottom quartile. A parent weighing this school may want to look into what academic supports and interventions the school has put in place, particularly in math where the results are weakest.
Because Hilbert serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism and attendance data were not available. Information on discipline, staffing levels, course access, and Title I status was also missing from the data provided, so those dimensions cannot be addressed here.
The housing market in the surrounding zip code is relatively affordable compared with both Wayne County broadly and the state as a whole. Home values sit well below the state benchmark, and rents are modest. The price-to-income ratio suggests that buying a home in this area is within reach for households earning near the national median income, and rent-to-income costs appear manageable relative to typical earnings. The market has been relatively stable, with home values ticking up slightly and a modest increase in rents year over year. Inventory has grown, and homes are spending a little longer on the market than they were a year ago, which gives buyers more room than in tighter periods.
Hilbert is a small, community-rooted elementary school in an affordable suburban setting with strong civic infrastructure. Its academic results are currently weak, and that is the central fact a parent should weigh. The district's recent reorganization may still be settling, and the school's trajectory under the new configuration is something worth asking about directly.
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