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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARANAC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263093007648
Saranac Elementary School
250 PLEASANT ST, SARANAC, MI 48881 · (616) 642-1200 · Ionia County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
191 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Saranac Elementary School→Saranac JrSr High School
Based on grade levels within Saranac Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
46.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Saranac Elementary School
Saranac Elementary School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saranac Elementary School this school | 433 | 44.1% | 43.0% |
| Beach Elementary School CEDAR SPRINGS | 445 | 42.9% | 51.2% |
| Pine Street Elementary WAYLAND | 413 | 42.6% | 47.0% |
| Mason Central School ERIE | 421 | 43.5% | 52.4% |
| Auburn Elementary School AUBURN | 474 | 42.0% | 55.4% |
| Page Elementary School MIDDLEVILLE | 484 | 44.0% | 42.1% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Saranac Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ionia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #638 of 1,085 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #512 of 1,072 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #706 of 1,139 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #514 of 1,630 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #587 of 1,424 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #1,174 of 1,424 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #987 of 1,563 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #373 of 979 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
433
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 433 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 44% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 45% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 30.7 | 16.8:1 | 50% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 44% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 50% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 28 | 20.0:1 | 25% (140) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saranac Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (515 to 433); teachers down 9% (30.7 to 28).
About Saranac Elementary School
Saranac Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Michigan, located in SARANAC. In all, 433 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
Saranac Community Schools counts 839 students in its 2 schools, and Saranac Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 6% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 15.5:1 is based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. In all, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Saranac Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Saranac Elementary School is 3.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.0% versus 46.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
Looking at the county, Ionia County, the median household earns about $75,611 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Saranac Elementary School, Ionia County has 30 public schools.
Saranac Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Saranac JrSr High School, about 0.2 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 17 students, from 416 to 433. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.3:1 to 15.5:1.
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Ionia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,574
Census ACS
Median income
$75,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,506 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saranac Community Schools
- Saranac JrSr High SchoolHigh · 406 students
Other Saranac Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Saranac Elementary. Saranac Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- SARANAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSARANAC, NY · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Saranac JrSr High School0.2 mi · 406
- Freedom Acres School6.0 mi · 107
- Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility6.1 mi · 9
- Handlon Correctional Facility6.3 mi · 2
- Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility6.5 mi · 3
- Coon School6.8 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About Saranac Elementary SchoolHow large is Saranac Elementary School?
Saranac Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Saranac Elementary School serve?
Saranac Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Saranac Elementary School have?
Saranac Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Saranac Elementary School?
Student demographics at Saranac Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Saranac Elementary School?
Saranac Elementary School is overseen by Saranac Community Schools in Ionia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.