Central Montcalm Upper Elem School

Set in STANTON, Michigan, Central Montcalm Upper Elem School is a cozy elementary school, part of Central Montcalm Public Schools. It teaches 284 students across grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Central Montcalm Public Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,298 students; Central Montcalm Upper Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Central Montcalm Upper Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montcalm County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Central Montcalm Upper Elem School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Montcalm County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Central Montcalm Upper Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Montcalm County indicate median household income runs about $67,344, 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 Central Montcalm Upper Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Montcalm Middle High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central Montcalm Upper Elem School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Central Montcalm Upper Elem School's enrollment has edged down 42% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 284).

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