Schavey Road Elementary School

Schavey Road Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in DEWITT, Michigan, overseen by DeWitt Public Schools, works with 469 students in grades pre-K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 369.

Schavey Road Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by DeWitt Public Schools, a district that caters to 3,109 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Schavey Road Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Schavey Road Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Clinton County's rate of about 30%.

In the broader community, census data for Clinton County shows median household income runs about $88,210, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Clinton County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,640 students), of which Schavey Road Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Herbison Woods Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Schavey Road Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Schavey Road Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.