Carson City Elementary School

As a close-knit primary school in CARSON CITY, Michigan, Carson City Elementary School serves 216 students from grades pre-K through 3, overseen by Carson City-Crystal Area Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Carson City Elementary School sits 41% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Carson City-Crystal Area Schools (665 students total), Carson City Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Carson City Elementary School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Montcalm County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Carson City Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Montcalm County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carson City Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Montcalm County put the typical household earns roughly $67,344 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montcalm County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), of which Carson City Elementary School is one.

Carson CityCrystal High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carson City Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Carson City Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 236 (now 216). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.