Reid Elementary School

Reid Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in GOODRICH, Michigan, operated by Goodrich Area Schools. The school teaches 268 students in grades pre-K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 369.

Reid Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Goodrich Area Schools, a district that educates 1,916 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Reid Elementary School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Genesee County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Genesee County reports that median household income runs about $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Reid Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

Goodrich High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 94% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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