Edgerton Trails Elementary

As a reasonably sized elementary school in ROCKFORD, Michigan, Edgerton Trails Elementary instructs 454 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Rockford Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 23% bigger than typical.

Within Rockford Public Schools, which oversees 15 schools and 7,440 students, Edgerton Trails Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Edgerton Trails Elementary lists that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Edgerton Trails Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Kent County's rate of about 47%.

In the area at large, Kent County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Edgerton Trails Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Valley View Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgerton Trails Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.