McGrath Elementary School

Located at 5288 TODD ST, in GRAND BLANC, Michigan, McGrath Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that serves 380 students (grades 2 through 5), part of Grand Blanc Community Schools.

Across the 13 schools in Grand Blanc Community Schools (7,457 students total), McGrath Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McGrath Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, McGrath Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Genesee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,281, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. McGrath Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

Anderson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McGrath Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. McGrath Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 380). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 70% to 58%.

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