Breckenridge Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary school in BRECKENRIDGE, Michigan, Breckenridge Elementary School serves 324 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Breckenridge Community Schools.

Within Breckenridge Community Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 634 students, Breckenridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Breckenridge Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Breckenridge Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Breckenridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Breckenridge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Gratiot County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,556 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Breckenridge Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Gratiot County (combined enrollment of about 5,245 students).

Breckenridge MiddleHigh School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 12%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.