Sycamore Elementary School

Sycamore Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in HOLT, Michigan, one of the schools within Holt Public Schools, with 348 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Within Holt Public Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 4,699 students, Sycamore Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sycamore Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Sycamore Elementary School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Sycamore Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.2%; Sycamore Elementary School posts 26.0%, -16.2 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Ingham County put the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Sycamore Elementary School is one of 100 public schools in Ingham County (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students).

Nearest neighbor: Holt Junior High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sycamore Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sycamore Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

Sycamore Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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