Dieck Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary school in SWARTZ CREEK, Michigan, Dieck Elementary School educates 334 students from grades 2 through 5, overseen by Swartz Creek Community Schools.

Within Swartz Creek Community Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 3,483 students, Dieck Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dieck Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder comes out to 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Genesee County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dieck Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.8%; actual is 33.2%, a gap of -13.6 points.

In the broader community, Genesee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Genesee County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), of which Dieck Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Swartz Creek High School, roughly 3.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dieck Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dieck Elementary School has ticked up 22%, going from 274 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.