Donald J Yacks Elem School

Donald J Yacks Elem School operates as a small elementary school in HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Michigan, part of L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 300 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within L'Anse Creuse Public Schools, which oversees 17 schools and 9,090 students, Donald J Yacks Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Donald J Yacks Elem School lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, Donald J Yacks Elem School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Donald J Yacks Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household income runs about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Macomb County's 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), Donald J Yacks Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Middle School South is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Donald J Yacks Elem School. On composite proficiency, Donald J Yacks Elem School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

Donald J Yacks Elem School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 323 students in 2018 compared to 300 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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