Merrill Park Elementary School

Merrill Park Elementary School, a tight-knit elementary campus in SAGINAW, Michigan, overseen by Saginaw School District of the City of, hosts 267 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Merrill Park Elementary School sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 17 schools in Saginaw School District of the City of (5,382 students total), Merrill Park Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Merrill Park Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Merrill Park Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Merrill Park Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Saginaw County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $60,622 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Merrill Park Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in Saginaw County (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westdale Elementary School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Merrill Park Elementary School.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Merrill Park Elementary School has fell 3%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 24% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Merrill Park Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.