WR Bush Elementary School

WR Bush Elementary School is a small elementary school for students in ESSEXVILLE, Michigan. The school runs pre-K through 1 and enrolls 236 students. That compares with an average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.

Essexville-Hampton Public Schools has 1,523 students spread across 4 schools.

Roughly 86% of students at WR Bush Elementary School are White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WR Bush Elementary School scores 25%.

WR Bush Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 47% at WR Bush Elementary School.

In Bay County, the median household earns about $61,763 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Bay County, 34 public schools serve about 12,525 students.

Cramer Junior High School is about 0.7 miles from WR Bush Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES describes the area around WR Bush Elementary School as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 236 in 2024-25.

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