North Aurelius Elementary School

North Aurelius Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in MASON, Michigan, overseen by Mason Public Schools (Ingham). The school teaches 371 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Mason Public Schools (Ingham) runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,304 students. North Aurelius Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Aurelius Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting North Aurelius Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Aurelius Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.9%; North Aurelius Elementary School posts 37.6%, -19.2 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ingham County) records that median household earnings sit near $65,526, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which North Aurelius Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Wilcox Elementary School, roughly 3.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Aurelius Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.1%.

North Aurelius Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. North Aurelius Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 371). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.