Reese Elementary School

Set in REESE, Michigan, Reese Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under Reese Public Schools. It caters to 328 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 3 schools in Reese Public Schools (743 students total), Reese Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Reese Elementary School records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Reese Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 49.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tuscola County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,811, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Reese Elementary School is one of 30 public schools in Tuscola County (combined enrollment of about 6,459 students).

Reese Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Reese Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Reese Elementary School has climbed 8%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Reese Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.