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Grayling Elementary School

306 PLUM ST, GRAYLING, MI 49738 · (989) 344-3600 · Crawford County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
377 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten13421%
Grade 111318%
Grade 213021%
Grade 312019%
Grade 412720%
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
57792%
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
152%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
234%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
30048%
Female
32452%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Grayling Elementary School→Grayling Middle School→Grayling High School
Based on grade levels within Crawford AuSable Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
33.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
34.9%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Where Grayling Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Michigan
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.1%#856 of 1,085
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
34.9%#805 of 1,072
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
33.5%#916 of 1,139
Enrollment
ranked largest first
624#111 of 1,630
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.2:1#163 of 1,424
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
14.3%#1,233 of 1,424
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
60.4%#698 of 1,563
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.0%#517 of 979
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
624
+118 (+23%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2562447.313.2:160% (377)
2023-2462749.912.6:170% (440)
2022-2363846.513.7:166% (424)
2020-215064112.3:160% (303)
2017-1870944.216.0:164% (454)
2015-166934415.8:160% (415)
2010-113722117.7:168% (253)
2000-014022218.3:10% (0)
1990-91647N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grayling Elementary School.

About Grayling Elementary School

Grayling Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of GRAYLING, Michigan. The school had 624 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369, so this school runs 69% bigger than that.

Crawford AuSable Schools has 4 schools and 1,640 students, and Grayling Elementary School is one of those schools.

White students make up 92% of enrollment at Grayling Elementary School. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The White share in Crawford County as a whole is similar, at about 92%. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reports 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.2 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 60%.

Grayling Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.1% is 5.4 points below the 39.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

In Crawford County (population about 13,369), the median household income is $60,392, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 5 public schools in Crawford County, enrolling about 1,659 students in all.

Nearby, Grayling Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Grayling Elementary School's average proficiency of 34.1% compares with 40.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.

Grayling Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.

The school enrolled 624 students in 2024-25, 118 more than the 506 it had in 2020-21.

Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Crawford County at a glance

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Population
13,369
Census ACS
Median income
$60,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,659 students

Quick facts

School name
Grayling Elementary School
District
Crawford AuSable Schools
Address
306 PLUM ST, GRAYLING, MI 49738
Phone
(989) 344-3600
County
Crawford County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
624
Teachers (FTE)
47
Student–teacher ratio
13.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
377 (60%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
261103004560
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Crawford AuSable Schools
Other schools in GRAYLING
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Grayling Elementary School
How large is Grayling Elementary School?
Grayling Elementary School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Grayling Elementary School serve?
Grayling Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Grayling Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Grayling Elementary School.
How diverse is Grayling Elementary School?
Grayling Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Grayling Elementary School?
Grayling Elementary School is overseen by Crawford AuSable Schools in Crawford County.
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