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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Alto Elementary School, Alto, MI

Alto Elementary School is a public elementary school in Alto, part of Lowell Area Schools. It enrolled 417 students in 2024-25, with 16.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
417
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
16.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.2 lower than the district figure of 17.9. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.7
District17.9
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
6150 Bancroft Ave SE, Alto, MI 49302
Phone
(616)987-2600
District
Lowell Area Schools
County
Kent County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
262205005925
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
57
Reduced-price lunch
8
Free or reduced-price lunch
6515.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Lowell Area Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Alto

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.