Marcellus Elementary School

Marcellus Elementary School is a close-knit elementary campus in MARCELLUS, Michigan, run under Marcellus Community Schools. The school enrolls 264 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 28% leaner than typical.

Marcellus Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 600 students. Marcellus Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Marcellus Elementary School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Marcellus Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Marcellus Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cass County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Marcellus Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 50.1%, a residual of +11.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cass County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $70,443 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Cass County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,258 students), of which Marcellus Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Marcellus High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Marcellus Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Marcellus Elementary School's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 264). Class-load math has rose: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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