Dutton Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in CALEDONIA, Michigan, Dutton Elementary School teaches 317 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Caledonia Community Schools.

Dutton Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Caledonia Community Schools, a district that enrolls 4,564 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dutton Elementary School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Dutton Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 28% of students at Dutton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kent County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dutton 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 53.7%; Dutton Elementary School posts 73.5%, +19.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kent County put median household income runs about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Dutton Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: Endeavor Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dutton Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Dutton Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 318 students in 2018 compared to 317 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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