Crissman Elementary School

Crissman Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary schools in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan, operated by Utica Community Schools, with 586 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 59% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Utica Community Schools, which oversees 37 schools and 25,574 students, Crissman Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Crissman Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Crissman Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Crissman Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 61.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household income runs about $77,837, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Crissman Elementary School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shelby Junior High School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Crissman Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Crissman Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Crissman Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 586). Class-load math has fell: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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