Kempton Elementary School

Set in SAGINAW, Michigan, Kempton Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school, one of the schools within Saginaw School District of the City of. It hosts 279 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Saginaw School District of the City of comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 5,382 students; Kempton Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Kempton Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 29% White, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at Kempton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Saginaw County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Saginaw County reports that median household income runs about $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kempton Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thompson Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 377 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 23% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.