Au GresSims Elementary School

Located at 310 S COURT ST, in AU GRES, Michigan, Au GresSims Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school that educates 167 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Au Gres-Sims School District. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 369.

Au GresSims Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Au Gres-Sims School District, a district that enrolls 414 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Au GresSims Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Arenac County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Au GresSims Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Au GresSims Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 60.1%, a residual of +21.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Arenac County shows median household income runs about $58,811, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Arenac County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,896 students), Au GresSims Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Au GresSims 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 Au GresSims Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Au GresSims Elementary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Au GresSims Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 204 (now 167). White enrollment moved from 94% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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