Ashley Elementary School

Ashley Elementary School is one of the minimally staffed elementary-level communitys in ASHLEY, Michigan, overseen by Ashley Community Schools, with 60 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 84% smaller than typical.

Ashley Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Ashley Community Schools, a district that enrolls 203 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ashley Elementary School records that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Ashley Elementary School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Ashley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gratiot County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gratiot County indicate median household income runs about $63,556, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Ashley Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Gratiot County (combined enrollment of about 5,245 students).

Ashley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ashley Elementary School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 86 students in 2018 compared to 60 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 91% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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