Warner Elementary School

Warner Elementary School is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in SPRING ARBOR, Michigan, overseen by Western School District, caters to 371 students in grades K through 5.

Western School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,688 students; Warner Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Warner Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest looks like 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Jackson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Warner Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Warner Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,073, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Warner Elementary School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bean Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Warner Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

Warner Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Warner Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 371). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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