Dansville Elementary School

Dansville Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in DANSVILLE, Michigan, operated by Dansville Schools, with 341 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in Dansville Schools (725 students total), Dansville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Dansville Elementary School lists that nearly all students (98%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dansville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ingham County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,526, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Dansville Elementary School is one.

Dansville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Dansville Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Dansville Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 21%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 90% to 98% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Dansville Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.