Vanderbilt Area School

As a minimally staffed K-12 campus in VANDERBILT, Michigan, Vanderbilt Area School enrolls 72 students from grades K through 12, part of Vanderbilt Area Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so Vanderbilt Area School sits 74% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Vanderbilt Area School answers to Vanderbilt Area Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Vanderbilt Area School shows that nearly all students (99%) are White.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at Vanderbilt Area School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Otsego County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Otsego County shows median household income runs about $68,183, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vanderbilt Area School is one of 8 public schools in Otsego County (combined enrollment of about 3,337 students).

The closest other public school is Gaylord High SchoolVoc Bldg, roughly 6.8 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 82 students in 2018 compared to 72 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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