Mancelona Elementary School

Mancelona Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in MANCELONA, Michigan, overseen by Mancelona Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 288 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Mancelona Public Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 773 students, Mancelona Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mancelona Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Antrim County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Mancelona Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Antrim County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mancelona Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of +11.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Antrim County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,054, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Antrim County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,700 students), of which Mancelona Elementary School is one.

Mancelona High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Mancelona Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 335 (now 288).

On allk12, members of the Mancelona Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.