StandishSterling Central Elementary School

StandishSterling Central Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary schools in STANDISH, Michigan, one of the schools within Standish-Sterling Community Schools, with 654 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so StandishSterling Central Elementary School sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Within Standish-Sterling Community Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,482 students, StandishSterling Central Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, StandishSterling Central Elementary School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Arenac County as a whole.

On the resource side, StandishSterling Central Elementary School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, StandishSterling Central Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 40.1%; StandishSterling Central Elementary School posts 53.9%, +13.8 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Arenac County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $58,811 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. StandishSterling Central Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Arenac County (combined enrollment of about 1,896 students).

Nearest neighbor: StandishSterling Central JrSr High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, StandishSterling Central Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 677 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 in 2025.

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