Zilwaukee School

Zilwaukee School is a low-enrollment elementary school in SAGINAW, Michigan, (ZIP code 48604). It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 194 students. Enrollment is 47% lower than the average for elementary schools in Michigan, which is about 369.

The Saginaw School District of the City of system has 17 schools and 5,382 students.

Zilwaukee School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 42%. Other students are 36% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Saginaw County residents are about 71% White. Zilwaukee School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

A ratio of 14.9:1 comes from the school's 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 81% of students at Zilwaukee School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 59% average for public schools in Saginaw County is 22 points lower.

Within Saginaw County, median household income is about $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Saginaw County number 75 and enroll about 25,621.

The shortest distance from Zilwaukee School to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to Carrollton High School. The five-mile area around Zilwaukee School holds at least 8 other public schools.

The NCES locale for Zilwaukee School is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment was 244 in 2020-21 and 194 in 2024-25, a decrease of 50 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.9:1.

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