Schoolcraft Elementary School

Schoolcraft Elementary School operates as a sizable elementary campus in SCHOOLCRAFT, Michigan, part of Schoolcraft Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 583 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 58% above typical.

Schoolcraft Community Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,085 students. Schoolcraft Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Schoolcraft Elementary School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 27% of students at Schoolcraft Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Kalamazoo County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Schoolcraft Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Kalamazoo County shows median household income runs about $72,532, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Schoolcraft Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Schoolcraft High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Schoolcraft Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Schoolcraft Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 49%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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