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If you had an hour of school board time for Bath Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 260417004091
Bath Elementary School
13789 WEBSTER RD, BATH, MI 48808 · (517) 641-6771 · Clinton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
234 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bath Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bath Elementary School
Bath Elementary School's state test result (40.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Elementary School this school | 473 | 49.5% | 40.4% |
| Bennie Elementary School ALLEN PARK | 513 | 48.1% | 34.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School WYANDOTTE | 473 | 54.3% | 31.0% |
| McBain Elementary School MC BAIN | 520 | 51.2% | 48.1% |
| Fox Elementary School MACOMB | 471 | 51.4% | 26.6% |
| Fancher School MOUNT PLEASANT | 431 | 46.4% | 32.2% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bath Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #709 of 1,085 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #788 of 1,072 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #681 of 1,139 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #353 of 1,630 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,024 of 1,424 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #568 of 1,424 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #906 of 1,563 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #419 of 979 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
473
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 473 | 27.4 | 17.3:1 | 49% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 28.1 | 16.0:1 | 47% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 34.2 | 12.8:1 | 46% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 42% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 30.5 | 18.2:1 | 51% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 41% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 35% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 21% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bath Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (555 to 473); teachers down 10% (30.5 to 27.4).
About Bath Elementary School
Bath Elementary School is one of the public schools in BATH, Michigan. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 473 students. Against the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan, enrollment here is 28% higher.
The district, Bath Community Schools, has 1,021 students enrolled across 3 schools.
Roughly 73% of students at Bath Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 89%. Bath Elementary School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bath Elementary School employs 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.3:1. This ratio sits 1.4 above the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 49% in 2024-25. The 30% average for public schools in Clinton County is 20 points lower.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bath Elementary School, the prediction is 44.4% and the result is 40.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clinton County, the median household income is $88,210, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 26 public schools in Clinton County, enrolling about 9,640 students in all.
The closest other public school is Bath Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Bath Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Bath Elementary School's average proficiency of 40.4% compares with 51.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Bath Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The school's size has been steady, with 475 students in 2020-21 and 473 in 2024-25.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,626
Census ACS
Median income
$88,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bath Community Schools
- Bath High SchoolHigh · 307 students
- Bath Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
Other schools in BATH
- Bath High SchoolHigh · 307 students
- Bath Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
Other Bath Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bath Elementary. Bath Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Bath Elementary SchoolLima, OH · 727 students
- Bath Elementary SchoolAkron, OH · 662 students
- Bath ElementaryBath, NC · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Bath Middle School0.1 mi · 241
- Bath High School0.4 mi · 307
- Blended Learning Academies Credit Recovery High School4.0 mi · 159
- Cole Academy East4.1 mi · 148
- Donley Elementary School4.3 mi · 262
- Whitehills Elementary School4.4 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Bath Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bath Elementary School?
Bath Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bath Elementary School serve?
Bath Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bath Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Bath Elementary School.
How diverse is Bath Elementary School?
Bath Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bath Elementary School public or private?
Bath Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bath Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.