Brendel Elementary School

Brendel Elementary School is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in GRAND BLANC, Michigan, part of Grand Blanc Community Schools, caters to 462 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Grand Blanc Community Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,457 students; Brendel Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Brendel Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Brendel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of +1.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Genesee County put the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Brendel Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bobcat Innovation, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brendel Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brendel Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 53% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.