Mecosta Elementary School

As an intimate elementary campus in MECOSTA, Michigan, Mecosta Elementary School teaches 256 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Chippewa Hills School District. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Across the 6 schools in Chippewa Hills School District (1,773 students total), Mecosta Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mecosta Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Mecosta Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mecosta Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 44.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mecosta County put median household income runs about $60,951, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Mecosta Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Mecosta County (combined enrollment of about 5,219 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mosaic School, around 4.9 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Mecosta Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Mecosta Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 236 (now 256). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 85% to 90% over that span.

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