Blair Elementary School

Blair Elementary School is one of the close-knit primary schools in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, part of Traverse City Area Public Schools, with 202 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 369.

Across the 16 schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools (8,546 students total), Blair Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Blair Elementary School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 4% Native American, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Blair Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 64% of students at Blair Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Grand Traverse County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Blair Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Grand Traverse County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,647 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blair Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Grand Traverse County (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students).

The closest other public school is Silver Lake Elementary School, roughly 2.5 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blair Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Blair Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 249 (now 202).

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