Marlette Elementary

As a medium-sized primary school in MARLETTE, Michigan, Marlette Elementary enrolls 328 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Marlette Community Schools.

Across the 2 schools in Marlette Community Schools (699 students total), Marlette Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marlette Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Marlette Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Marlette Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Sanilac County shows median household income runs about $58,863, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Marlette Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Sanilac County (combined enrollment of about 5,377 students).

Nearest neighbor: Marlette JrSr High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Marlette Elementary comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

Marlette Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Marlette Elementary's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 328).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.