Menominee Elementary School

Set in MENOMINEE, Michigan, Menominee Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, part of Menominee Area Public Schools. It serves 531 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Menominee Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Menominee Area Public Schools, a district that caters to 1,419 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Menominee Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Menominee Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible 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, Menominee Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Menominee County shows median household earnings sit near $56,435, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Menominee Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Menominee County (combined enrollment of about 3,979 students).

The closest other public school is Central Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Menominee Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Menominee Elementary School's enrollment has increased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 531). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.