Luce Road Elementary School

Luce Road Elementary School is one of the tiny elementary campuss in ALMA, Michigan, operated by Alma Public Schools, with 141 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through K. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Alma Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,815 students. Luce Road Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Luce Road Elementary School records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Gratiot County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Luce Road Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, Gratiot County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,556, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Luce Road Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Gratiot County (combined enrollment of about 5,245 students).

The closest other public school is Gratiot Continuous Learning Center, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 59%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 141 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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