Emerald Elementary School

As a compact elementary school in MANISTIQUE, Michigan, Emerald Elementary School teaches 267 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Manistique Area Schools. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Manistique Area Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 701 students, Emerald Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Emerald Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 13% Native American, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Emerald Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Emerald Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Schoolcraft County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Schoolcraft County shows median household income runs about $56,782, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Schoolcraft County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 701 students), Emerald Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Manistique Middle and High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Emerald Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Emerald Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 267). Over the same period, the White share climbed from 73% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Emerald Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.