Rogers City Elementary School

Rogers City Elementary School is a compact primary school in ROGERS CITY, Michigan, part of Rogers City Area Schools. The school educates 182 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Rogers City Area Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 434 students; Rogers City Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rogers City Elementary School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. Compared to Presque Isle County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Rogers City Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Presque Isle County (around 58%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, census data for Presque Isle County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,321 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rogers City Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Presque Isle County (combined enrollment of about 1,172 students).

The closest other public school is Rogers City High School, roughly 0.1 miles away.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 209 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.