Ellis Elementary School

Ellis Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in BELDING, Michigan, overseen by Belding Area School District, with 391 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2.

Within Belding Area School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,637 students, Ellis Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ellis Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Ellis Elementary School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Ellis Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Ellis Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Ionia County's rate of about 52%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ionia County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,611 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ionia County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,506 students), Ellis Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Belding Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Ellis Elementary School.

Ellis Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ellis Elementary School has edged down 6%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 391 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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