Auburn Elementary School

Located at 301 E MIDLAND RD, in AUBURN, Michigan, Auburn Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus that serves 474 students (grades K through 5), part of Bay City School District. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Bay City School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,030 students. Auburn Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Auburn Elementary School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bay County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Auburn Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Bay County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Auburn Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bay County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,763 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bay County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,525 students), Auburn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bay City Western High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Auburn Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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