Orchard Primary School

Orchard Primary School, a mid-tier K-5 school in ALMONT, Michigan, run under Almont Community Schools, instructs 428 students, covering grades pre-K through 3.

Almont Community Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,389 students. Orchard Primary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Orchard Primary School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Orchard Primary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lapeer County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Orchard Primary School sits in the top 10% of Michigan schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.9%; actual is 70.1%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lapeer County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,306, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Lapeer County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,962 students), Orchard Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Almont Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Orchard Primary School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Orchard Primary School's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 428). Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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