Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary School

Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary School operates as a compact elementary campus in FLINT, Michigan, overseen by Westwood Heights Schools. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades 2 through 6.

Westwood Heights Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,185 students. Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary School lists that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 5% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Genesee County's rate of about 61%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Genesee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Colonel Donald McMonagle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Academy West Alternative Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 30%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 14% to 5% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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