KI Sawyer Elementary School

KI Sawyer Elementary School serves students in GWINN, Michigan, as a small elementary school. It teaches 207 students in pre-K through 4. It has 44% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Michigan (about 369).

The 3 schools in Gwinn Area Community Schools enroll 892 students altogether, KI Sawyer Elementary School among them.

Of every 100 students at KI Sawyer Elementary School, about 85 are White. The remaining students are 9% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at KI Sawyer Elementary School are from different groups.

Its staff includes 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Michigan, 15.8:1, is higher. KI Sawyer Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Marquette County.

For the population of Marquette County, the median household earns about $65,429 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Marquette County, 25 public schools serve about 7,657 students.

Gwinn MiddleHigh School, about 4.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 16%, from 245 to 207.

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