Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. CHARLES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263264001909
St Charles Elementary School
801 W WALNUT ST, SAINT CHARLES, MI 48655 · (989) 865-9210 · Saginaw County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
228 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
St Charles Elementary School→St Charles Community MiddleHigh School
Based on grade levels within St. Charles Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
39.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 St Charles Elementary School
St Charles Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Charles Elementary School this school | 317 | 71.9% | 44.0% |
| Holton Elementary School HOLTON | 338 | 72.5% | N/A |
| Inland Lakes Elementary School INDIAN RIVER | 316 | 71.2% | 35.3% |
| Central Montcalm Upper Elem School STANTON | 284 | 70.4% | 30.9% |
| Patricia St Clair Elementary School HESPERIA | 354 | 70.6% | N/A |
| WhitmoreBolles Elementary School DEARBORN | 316 | 74.7% | 51.0% |
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 St Charles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Saginaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #603 of 1,085 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #686 of 1,072 | #8 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #618 of 1,139 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #1,016 of 1,630 | #17 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #373 of 1,424 | #1 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.3% | #1,231 of 1,424 | #26 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #485 of 1,563 | #15 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #528 of 979 | #13 of 19 |
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
317
+93 (+42%) vs 2020
-31% since 2010-11, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 317 | 21.8 | 14.5:1 | 72% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 23.7 | 15.2:1 | 68% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 20.8 | 18.1:1 | 58% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 42% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 57% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 19 | 18.9:1 | 58% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 50% (231) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St Charles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (359 to 317); teachers up 9% (20 to 21.8).
About St Charles Elementary School
St Charles Elementary School is a public elementary school in SAINT CHARLES, Michigan. It had 317 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
St. Charles Community Schools counts 692 students in its 3 schools, and St Charles Elementary School is one of them.
The share of White students at St Charles Elementary School is 92%. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 71% White. The diversity index for St Charles Elementary School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.5:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 1.3 students per teacher. On the income side, 72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 59% average for public schools in Saginaw County is 13 points.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, St Charles Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 44.0% actual against 34.4% predicted.
Saginaw County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $60,622, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 75 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,621, St Charles Elementary School among them.
St Charles Elementary School's nearest public school is St Charles Virtual School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of St Charles Elementary School. By average proficiency, St Charles Elementary School is 5th among 5 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put St Charles Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
In 2020-21, federal data counted 224 students at St Charles Elementary School; in 2024-25, 317. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.2:1 to 14.5:1.
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Saginaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,665
Census ACS
Median income
$60,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
25,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Charles Community Schools
- St Charles Community MiddleHigh SchoolHigh · 315 students
- St Charles Virtual SchoolCombined · 60 students
Other schools in SAINT CHARLES
- St Charles Community MiddleHigh SchoolHigh · 315 students
- St Charles Virtual SchoolCombined · 60 students
Nearby schools
- St Charles Virtual School0.1 mi · 60
- St Charles Community MiddleHigh School0.1 mi · 315
- Chesaning Union Schools Alternative Education7.3 mi · 19
- Chesaning Union High School7.3 mi · 381
- Chesaning Middle School7.6 mi · 584
- Big Rock Elementary School8.3 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About St Charles Elementary SchoolHow large is St Charles Elementary School?
St Charles Elementary School enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does St Charles Elementary School serve?
St Charles Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at St Charles Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at St Charles Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at St Charles Elementary School?
At St Charles Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is St Charles Elementary School in?
St Charles Elementary School is part of St. Charles Community Schools.
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