Ellsworth Community School

Ellsworth Community School is a compact unified-grade school in ELLSWORTH, Michigan, one of the schools within Ellsworth Community School. The school works with 228 students in grades pre-K through 12.

Ellsworth Community School is a school of Ellsworth Community School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ellsworth Community School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Antrim County indicate median household income runs about $72,054, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Antrim County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,700 students), of which Ellsworth Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Jordan Elementary School, around 6.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Ellsworth Community School's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 265 (now 228). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Ellsworth Community School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.