Crawford School

Crawford School operates as a micro-enrollment primary school in KALKASKA, Michigan, one of the schools within Excelsior Township S/D #1. Current enrollment sits at 46 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Crawford School sits 88% smaller than that benchmark.

Crawford School is a school of Excelsior Township S/D #1, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crawford School reports that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, census data for Kalkaska County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,578 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crawford School is one of 8 public schools in Kalkaska County (combined enrollment of about 1,728 students).

Kalkaska High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 44 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 82% to 100%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 34.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Crawford School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.