Siple Elementary School

Siple Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in DAVISON, Michigan, overseen by Davison Community Schools, teacheing 381 students in grades K through 4.

Siple Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Davison Community Schools, a district that teaches 5,442 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Siple Elementary School reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Siple Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Genesee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Genesee County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), of which Siple Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Leota Fiedler Elementary School, roughly 3.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Siple Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Siple Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Siple Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.