Deckerville Elementary School

Deckerville Elementary School, a compact elementary school in DECKERVILLE, Michigan, part of Deckerville Community School District, educates 288 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

Deckerville Community School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 507 students; Deckerville Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Deckerville Elementary School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sanilac County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Deckerville Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Sanilac County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Deckerville Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.8%; Deckerville Elementary School posts 55.2%, +18.4 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Sanilac County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,863 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sanilac County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,377 students), Deckerville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Deckerville Community High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deckerville Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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