Big Rock Elementary School

Big Rock Elementary School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in CHESANING, Michigan, overseen by Chesaning Union Schools, with 393 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3.

Across the 4 schools in Chesaning Union Schools (1,377 students total), Big Rock Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Big Rock Elementary School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 57% of students at Big Rock Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Big Rock Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) shows that median household income runs about $60,622, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Big Rock Elementary School is one.

Chesaning Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Big Rock Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 505 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 3% to 7%.

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