Long Lake Elementary School

Located at 7600 N LONG LAKE RD, in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, Long Lake Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that educates 364 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Traverse City Area Public Schools.

Traverse City Area Public Schools comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,546 students; Long Lake Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Long Lake Elementary School records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% Native American. Compared to Grand Traverse County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Long Lake Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Grand Traverse County put median household earnings sit near $81,647, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Long Lake Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Grand Traverse County (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Senior High, around 2.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Long Lake Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.

Long Lake Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Long Lake Elementary School has grew 13%, going from 322 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025.

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