South Meadows Elementary School

Set in CHELSEA, Michigan, South Meadows Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Chelsea School District. It enrolls 476 students across grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% bigger than the state mean of about 369.

Chelsea School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,236 students. South Meadows Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, South Meadows Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting South Meadows Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at South Meadows Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Washtenaw County's rate of about 34%.

After controlling for student poverty, South Meadows Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which South Meadows Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Beach Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around South Meadows Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Meadows Elementary School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 63.0%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. South Meadows Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 476).

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