Chester F Miller School

Chester F Miller School operates as an intimate elementary-level community in SAGINAW, Michigan, part of Saginaw School District of the City of. Current enrollment sits at 247 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

Within Saginaw School District of the City of, which oversees 17 schools and 5,382 students, Chester F Miller School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Chester F Miller School lists that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, Chester F Miller School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at Chester F Miller School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Saginaw County's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chester F Miller School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.5%, the actual is 30.6%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,622, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saginaw County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), Chester F Miller School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Handley School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chester F Miller School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chester F Miller School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 65.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 31% to 25%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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