Thomas White School

Thomas White School is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in SAGINAW, Michigan, part of Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District, with 187 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 49% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Thomas White School is one of 4 schools operated by Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District, a district that caters to 1,448 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Thomas White School records that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic, 18% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Saginaw County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Thomas White School higher than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Saginaw County's rate of about 59%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Saginaw County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,622, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Thomas White School is one.

The closest other public school is MG Millet Learning Center, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Thomas White School's enrollment has expanded 87% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 187). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 59% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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