Weiss Elementary School

Weiss Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school in SAGINAW, Michigan, overseen by Saginaw Township Community Schools. The school serves 357 students in grades 3 through 5.

Saginaw Township Community Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,447 students; Weiss Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Weiss Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Weiss Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 61% of students at Weiss Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Weiss Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) records that median household income runs about $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Weiss Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hemmeter Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Weiss Elementary School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 57% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Weiss Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.