State Road Elementary School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in FENTON, Michigan, State Road Elementary School hosts 396 students from grades K through 5, run under Fenton Area Public Schools.

State Road Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Fenton Area Public Schools, a district that educates 2,875 students overall.

Demographically, State Road Elementary School lists that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, State Road Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at State Road 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 Genesee County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), State Road Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Genesee County put median household earnings sit near $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), State Road Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Andrew G Schmidt Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, State Road Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 440 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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