Hamilton Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in HAMILTON, Michigan, Hamilton Elementary School works with 359 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Hamilton Community Schools.

Hamilton Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Hamilton Community Schools, a district that educates 2,567 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hamilton Elementary School records that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Hamilton Elementary School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Allegan County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hamilton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +12.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Allegan County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,283 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hamilton Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Allegan County (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students).

Hamilton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 4 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), Hamilton Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hamilton Elementary School has shrank 7%, going from 386 students in 2018 to 359 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Hamilton Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.