Lottie M Schmidt Elem School

Lottie M Schmidt Elem School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in CHESTERFIELD, Michigan, operated by Anchor Bay School District. Current enrollment sits at 338 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Lottie M Schmidt Elem School is one of 10 schools operated by Anchor Bay School District, a district that educates 5,295 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lottie M Schmidt Elem School logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lottie M Schmidt Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Macomb County put median household income runs about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Lottie M Schmidt Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Anchor Bay Middle School South, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lottie M Schmidt Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lottie M Schmidt Elem School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 287 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 90% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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