Harrington Elementary School

Harrington Elementary School operates as a cozy primary school in ALBION, Michigan, run under Marshall Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 236 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Across the 8 schools in Marshall Public Schools (2,598 students total), Harrington Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Harrington Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Calhoun County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Calhoun County shows median household earnings sit near $63,177, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Calhoun County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,982 students), Harrington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marshall Opportunity High School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrington Elementary School has changed only slightly, going from 236 students in 2018 to 236 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 58% to 40%.

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