Verellen Elementary School

Set in ESSEXVILLE, Michigan, Verellen Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school, part of Essexville-Hampton Public Schools. It teaches 314 students across grades 2 through 4.

Verellen Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Essexville-Hampton Public Schools, a district that serves 1,523 students overall.

Demographically, Verellen Elementary School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bay County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Verellen Elementary School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bay County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Verellen Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 39.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Bay County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,763 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Bay County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,525 students), of which Verellen Elementary School is one.

Detention Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 318 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.