Gardens Elementary School

Gardens Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in MARYSVILLE, Michigan, one of the schools within Marysville Public Schools. The school serves 469 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 27% larger than typical.

Marysville Public Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,655 students; Gardens Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Gardens Elementary School shows that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gardens Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Clair County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Gardens 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 51.7%; Gardens Elementary School posts 71.9%, +20.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for St. Clair County indicate median household income runs about $71,270, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gardens Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in St. Clair County (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students).

Woodland Developmental Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gardens Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025.

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