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Joseph C Sterling Elementary School

160 Fessner Rd, Carleton, Monroe County, 48117

320
Pupils
16.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carleton, Monroe County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Airport Community Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Airport Community Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Joseph C Sterling Elementary School enrolls 320 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.

Male students
162 (51%)
Female students
158 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
19.5
Student-teacher ratio
16.4:1
Grade span
Pre-K–4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White29091%
Hispanic or Latino185.6%
Black or African American51.6%
Two or more races51.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

142 of the school's 320 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 129 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades Pre-K–4Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-50, state senate district 17, state house district 17.

School district: Airport Community Schools

Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is one of 9 schools in Airport Community Schools, based in CARLETON, Michigan. The district serves 2,814 students district-wide and employs 155 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 320 students, Joseph C Sterling Elementary School is close to the district average of about 313 students per school.

2,814
District students
9
Schools
155
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

62%
Reading proficient
62%
Math proficient
13%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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