Carter Elementary School

Located at 200 PARK ST, in MONTROSE, Michigan, Carter Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school that caters to 367 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Montrose Community Schools.

Carter Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Montrose Community Schools, a district that teaches 1,435 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Carter Elementary School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carter Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 48.5%.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carter Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

Nearest neighbor: Montrose Alternative Education Center, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Carter Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Carter Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

Carter Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Carter Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 518 (now 367). Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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