Herig School

Herig School is one of the public schools in SAGINAW, Michigan. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. It had 282 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 24% lower.

Saginaw School District of the City of has 5,382 students in 17 schools, and Herig School is one of those schools.

At Herig School, 52% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 21% White, 18% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Saginaw County is roughly 19% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Herig School scores 64%.

The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 94% of the student body. On average, public schools in Saginaw County report 59%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Saginaw County show that median household income comes to about $60,622, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 75, with about 25,621 students.

Stone School is about 0.8 miles from Herig School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES assigns Herig School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

In 2020-21, Herig School enrolled 368 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 282. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.7:1 to 25.6:1.

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