Keicher Elementary School

Keicher Elementary School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in MICHIGAN CENTER, Michigan, part of Michigan Center School District, hosting 402 students in grades 1 through 6.

Michigan Center School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,423 students. Keicher Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Keicher Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder breaks down as 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 55% of students at Keicher Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Keicher Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,073, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Jackson County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students), of which Keicher Elementary School is one.

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

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Keicher Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 402).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.