Hampton Elementary School

Hampton Elementary School is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BAY CITY, Michigan, run under Bay City School District, teacheing 399 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Bay City School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,030 students; Hampton Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Hampton Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bay County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hampton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bay County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,763, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Bay County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,525 students), of which Hampton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Bay City Central High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hampton Elementary School's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 399). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 73% to 67%.

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