Herig School

Herig School is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in SAGINAW, Michigan, operated by Saginaw School District of the City of, teacheing 282 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Herig School is one of 17 schools operated by Saginaw School District of the City of, a district that instructs 5,382 students overall.

Demographically, Herig School records that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Saginaw County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Saginaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Herig School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students).

Stone School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Herig School's enrollment has edged down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 282). Class-load math has rose: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Herig School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.