Alcona Elementary School

Alcona Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in HARRISVILLE, Michigan, one of the schools within Alcona Community Schools, with 318 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within Alcona Community Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 687 students, Alcona Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alcona Elementary School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Alcona Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Alcona Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alcona Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.6%; this one delivers 33.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Alcona County put median household income runs about $54,993, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alcona Elementary School is one of 2 public schools in Alcona County (combined enrollment of about 687 students).

The closest other public school is Alcona Community High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. On composite proficiency, Alcona Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 309 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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