Mendon Elementary School

As a compact K-5 school in MENDON, Michigan, Mendon Elementary School caters to 210 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Mendon Community School District. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Mendon Community School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 464 students. Mendon Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mendon Elementary School records that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Mendon Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Joseph County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mendon Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.0%; actual is 28.1%, a gap of -17.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Joseph County shows median household earnings sit near $66,425, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Mendon Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 9,517 students).

Mendon MiddleHigh School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Mendon Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mendon Elementary School has edged down 3%, going from 217 students in 2018 to 210 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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