Merrill Elementary School

Located at 325 W ALICE ST, in MERRILL, Michigan, Merrill Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that hosts 196 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Merrill Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Merrill Elementary School sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Merrill Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Merrill Community Schools, a district that caters to 458 students overall.

Demographically, Merrill Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Merrill Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Merrill Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Saginaw County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,622, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Merrill Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students).

Merrill High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Merrill Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Merrill Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Merrill Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 196). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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