Jessie Rouse School

Jessie Rouse School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in SAGINAW, Michigan. The school counts 230 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students.

Saginaw School District of the City of is the district for Jessie Rouse School. It has 17 schools and 5,382 students.

At Jessie Rouse School, Black students make up 72% of the student body. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic and 10% White. Census figures show Saginaw County is about 19% Black. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Its 13 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 59% average for public schools in Saginaw County.

Census estimates describe Saginaw County this way: the median household income is $60,622, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. In all, Saginaw County has 75 public schools and roughly 25,621 students.

Nearby, Francis Reh PSA is about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Jessie Rouse School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Jessie Rouse School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.

Enrollment has grown by 30 students since 2020-21, to 230. The school's ratio rose from 15.4:1 to 17.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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