Joseph C Sterling Elementary School

Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school in CARLETON, Michigan, overseen by Airport Community Schools. The school hosts 370 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Airport Community Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,849 students; Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Joseph C Sterling Elementary School records that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Monroe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Joseph C Sterling Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Joseph C Sterling Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 55.2%, a residual of +9.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,335 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monroe County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students), of which Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is one.

Airport Middle College is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph C Sterling Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joseph C Sterling Elementary School has expanded 30%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025.

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