Dryden Elementary School

Set in DRYDEN, Michigan, Dryden Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community, run under Dryden Community Schools. It enrolls 224 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Dryden Elementary School sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Dryden Community Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 438 students, Dryden Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dryden Elementary School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lapeer County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dryden Elementary School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lapeer County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lapeer County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,306 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Lapeer County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,962 students), Dryden Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Dryden High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Dryden Elementary School.

Dryden Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Dryden Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 220 (now 224). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.