Douglas Elementary School

Douglas Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in DOUGLAS, Michigan, operated by Saugatuck Public Schools, works with 366 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Douglas Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Saugatuck Public Schools, a district that instructs 819 students overall.

On demographics, Douglas Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allegan County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Allegan County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Douglas Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 62.9%.

Around the school, Allegan County reports that median household income runs about $83,283, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Allegan County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students), Douglas Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Saugatuck High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Douglas Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Douglas Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Douglas Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 364 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Douglas Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.