MacGregor Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in BAY CITY, Michigan, MacGregor Elementary School instructs 290 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Bay City School District. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Bay City School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,030 students. MacGregor Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MacGregor Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MacGregor Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting MacGregor Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at MacGregor Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Bay County's rate of about 55%.

In the broader community, census data for Bay County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,763 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Bay County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,525 students), MacGregor Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bay City Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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