Wacousta Elementary School

Wacousta Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary school in EAGLE, Michigan, run under Grand Ledge Public Schools, hosts 457 students, covering grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 24% above typical.

Grand Ledge Public Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,406 students; Wacousta Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wacousta Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Wacousta Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wacousta Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.9%; actual is 36.6%, a gap of -19.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clinton County) logs that median household income runs about $88,210, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Wacousta Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Clinton County (combined enrollment of about 9,640 students).

Willow Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wacousta Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wacousta Elementary School has decreased 13%, going from 523 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 86% to 81%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.