Steele Street Elementary School

Steele Street Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in MASON, Michigan, one of the schools within Mason Public Schools (Ingham), with 513 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Mason Public Schools (Ingham) comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,304 students; Steele Street Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Steele Street Elementary School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Steele Street Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Steele Street Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.0%; Steele Street Elementary School posts 37.4%, -13.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ingham County put the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Steele Street Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Mason High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Steele Street Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Steele Street Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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