Reid Elementary School

Reid Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in GRAND BLANC, Michigan, operated by Grand Blanc Community Schools, with 433 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Grand Blanc Community Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,457 students. Reid Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Reid Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 21% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Reid Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Reid Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Reid Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 41.1%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Genesee County indicate median household income runs about $62,281, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Reid Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grand Blanc Middle School West, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Reid Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Reid Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 433). White enrollment moved from 78% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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