Fancher School

Summary:

Fancher School is an elementary school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 406 students. The school is part of the Mt. Pleasant City School District, which is ranked 276 out of 610 districts in Michigan and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fancher School has a higher percentage of White students (78.33%) compared to the surrounding schools, which have more diverse student populations. The school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.8% in 2016-2017 to 16.9% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. Fancher School's test scores in English Language Arts and Math are generally higher than the district and state averages, particularly in 4th and 5th grades, but 3rd-grade scores are lower than the district and state. The school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (47.29%), which is higher than the state average, and has seen a steady increase in spending per student, from $10,525 in 2019-2020 to $13,748 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average.

When comparing Fancher School to nearby schools, Coleman Elementary School and Weidman Elementary School stand out. Pullen Elementary School and Vowles School, which serve younger grades (PK-2), have higher chronic absenteeism rates than Fancher School, suggesting attendance issues may start earlier in the district. Mary McGuire School, which serves grades 3-5 like Fancher, has significantly lower test scores across all subject areas, indicating that Fancher School is performing better academically compared to its district counterpart. Weidman Elementary School, a school in a neighboring district, consistently outperforms Fancher School and the state on state assessments, suggesting that there may be successful practices or strategies that could be learned from and implemented at Fancher.


Detail:

Public 3-5

 801 S Kinney Ave
       Mount Pleasant, MI  48858-3557


(989) 775-2230

District: Mt. Pleasant City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
782nd of 1,486 Michigan Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,748 Help


Students who attend Fancher School usually attend:

Middle:    Mt Pleasant Middle School
High:    Mt Pleasant Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.5 Help
Number of students:  404

Racial breakdown:

White:
75.7%
Two or more races:
9.7%
Hispanic:
6.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  46% Help


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Compare Details Fancher School ranks worse than 52.6% of elementary schools in Michigan. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.02. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Fancher School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Mt. Pleasant City School District. Racial makeup is: White (75.7%), two or more races (9.7%), Hispanic (6.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 46% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Mt. Pleasant City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fancher School is 15.5, which is the highest among 5 elementary schools in the Mt. Pleasant City School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fancher School is $13,748, which is the lowest among 5 elementary schools in the Mt. Pleasant City School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fancher School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fancher School 782nd of 1486 Michigan public elementary schools. (See Fancher School in the ranking list.)

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Mt. Pleasant City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mt. Pleasant City School District 276th of 610 Michigan school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fancher School

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Rank History for all students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 72.07 382nd 1545 75.3%
2007 64.52 606th 1565 61.3%
2008 68.38 546th 1577 65.4%
2009 69.75 519th 1589 67.3%
2010 73.44 389th 1552 74.9%
2011 75.51 332nd 1552 78.6%
2012 69.32 453rd 1566 71.1%
2013 64.33 547th 1563 65.0%
2014 53.84 765th 1533 50.1%
2015 74.18 377th 1580 76.1%
2016 68.72 431st 1548 72.2%
2017 54.47 604th 1466 58.8%
2018 64.31 534th 1448 63.1%
2019 58.61 541st 1408 61.6%
2021 66.63 314th 1153 72.8%
2022 54.13 571st 1344 57.5%
2023 53.48 636th 1470 56.7%
2024 44.02 782nd 1486 47.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 54.14 28th 81 65.4%
2024 34.96 48th 78 38.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.40 31st 403 92.3%
2019 66.39 5th 22 77.3%
2024 23.33 182nd 225 19.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.38 701st 1397 49.8%
2019 50.27 541st 1134 52.3%
2021 38.52 482nd 749 35.6%
2022 32.62 756th 1099 31.2%
2023 28.72 981st 1350 27.3%
2024 25.30 1074th 1381 22.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.47 763rd 1443 47.1%
2019 49.43 571st 1171 51.2%
2021 48.94 424th 902 53.0%
2022 38.24 675th 1106 39.0%
2023 46.87 648th 1321 50.9%
2024 29.05 968th 1342 27.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.09 387th 1446 73.2%
2019 57.67 464th 1196 61.2%
2021 65.75 258th 915 71.8%
2022 55.19 476th 1139 58.2%
2023 49.10 639th 1334 52.1%
2024 47.00 680th 1347 49.5%
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Rank History for White students at Fancher School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.45 522nd 1253 58.3%
2019 51.94 531st 1128 52.9%
2021 68.21 273rd 1005 72.8%
2022 43.38 622nd 1102 43.6%
2023 41.63 712th 1198 40.6%
2024 34.39 805th 1204 33.1%
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Data source: test scores: Michigan Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Michigan Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fancher School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 313 9 10 1 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1989 304 9 12 3 1 n/a n/a 0 329
1990 280 7 19 1 2 n/a n/a 0 309
1991 300 7 14 1 0 n/a n/a 0 322
1992 309 9 7 7 0 n/a n/a 0 332
1993 302 9 6 2 8 n/a n/a 0 327
1994 301 9 6 8 8 n/a n/a 0 332
1995 269 14 6 1 2 n/a n/a 0 292
1996 269 14 6 1 2 n/a n/a 0 292
1997 249 14 2 11 6 n/a n/a 0 282
1998 249 12 2 3 12 n/a n/a -8 270
1999 222 12 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 240
2000 231 4 4 9 4 n/a n/a 0 252
2001 229 9 9 5 6 n/a n/a 0 258
2002 291 6 8 7 11 n/a n/a 1 324
2003 291 6 8 7 11 n/a n/a 1 324
2004 251 8 9 10 24 n/a n/a 1 303
2005 261 10 8 14 17 n/a n/a 1 311
2006 231 24 11 13 7 n/a n/a 3 289
2007 242 17 9 10 15 n/a n/a 6 299
2008 242 14 7 8 16 n/a n/a 6 293
2009 231 14 11 8 15 n/a n/a 4 283
2010 248 13 7 7 27 n/a n/a 1 303
2011 247 6 11 13 21 0 0 0 298
2012 257 11 14 10 13 0 0 0 305
2013 229 17 13 13 17 0 2 0 291
2014 232 12 15 9 18 0 9 0 295
2015 248 11 11 8 20 0 14 0 312
2016 245 10 8 9 17 0 20 0 309
2017 295 19 16 14 23 1 20 0 388
2018 218 13 8 13 15 0 16 0 283
2019 366 19 11 26 21 0 23 0 466
2020 375 12 9 31 14 0 28 0 469
2021 338 6 6 23 13 0 30 0 416
2022 331 5 5 22 11 0 35 0 409
2023 318 4 14 18 12 0 40 0 406
2024 306 7 10 27 14 1 39 0 404

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fancher School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 333 n/a n/a n/a
1989 329 n/a n/a 25.2
1990 309 15.0 20.6 26.5
1991 322 n/a n/a n/a
1992 332 n/a n/a 31.9
1993 327 n/a 0.0 38.8
1994 332 17.9 18.5 36.1
1995 292 18.3 16.0 35.6
1996 292 18.3 16.0 35.6
1997 282 19.0 14.8 43.6
1998 270 20.0 13.5 37.8
1999 240 16.0 15.0 32.5
2000 252 15.2 16.6 37.3
2001 258 15.0 17.2 34.5
2002 324 n/a n/a 25.7
2003 324 n/a n/a 25.7
2004 303 14.6 20.8 27.2
2005 311 18.6 16.7 27.7
2006 289 20.8 13.9 32.9
2007 299 20.8 14.4 19.1
2008 293 18.2 16.1 12.2
2009 283 17.9 15.8 39.1
2010 303 16.0 18.9 32.1
2011 298 17.7 16.7 35.2
2012 305 19.0 16.0 42.6
2013 291 17.1 17.0 40.9
2014 295 16.0 18.4 39.3
2015 312 16.0 19.5 39.1
2016 309 20.0 15.4 38.2
2017 388 24.1 16.0 37.1
2018 283 21.3 13.2 43.8
2019 466 30.2 15.4 42.9
2020 469 26.5 17.6 49.3
2021 416 26.6 15.6 40.6
2022 409 24.3 16.8 47.4
2023 406 24.9 16.2 47.3
2024 404 26.0 15.5 46

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fancher School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 333 n/a n/a n/a
1989 329 n/a n/a 25.2
1990 309 15.0 20.6 26.5
1991 322 n/a n/a n/a
1992 332 n/a n/a 31.9
1993 327 n/a 0.0 38.8
1994 332 17.9 18.5 36.1
1995 292 18.3 16.0 35.6
1996 292 18.3 16.0 35.6
1997 282 19.0 14.8 43.6
1998 270 20.0 13.5 37.8
1999 240 16.0 15.0 32.5
2000 252 15.2 16.6 37.3
2001 258 15.0 17.2 34.5
2002 324 n/a n/a 25.7
2003 324 n/a n/a 25.7
2004 303 14.6 20.8 27.2
2005 311 18.6 16.7 27.7
2006 289 20.8 13.9 32.9
2007 299 20.8 14.4 19.1
2008 293 18.2 16.1 12.2
2009 283 17.9 15.8 39.1
2010 303 16.0 18.9 32.1
2011 298 17.7 16.7 35.2
2012 305 19.0 16.0 42.6
2013 291 17.1 17.0 40.9
2014 295 16.0 18.4 39.3
2015 312 16.0 19.5 39.1
2016 309 20.0 15.4 38.2
2017 388 24.1 16.0 37.1
2018 283 21.3 13.2 43.8
2019 466 30.2 15.4 42.9
2020 469 26.5 17.6 49.3
2021 416 26.6 15.6 40.6
2022 409 24.3 16.8 47.4
2023 406 24.9 16.2 47.3
2024 404 26.0 15.5 46

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Fancher School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $455 (4.3%) $10,193 (95.7%) $10,648
2020 $493 (4.7%) $10,032 (95.3%) $10,525
2021 $775 (6.9%) $10,497 (93.1%) $11,271
2022 $1,021 (8.8%) $10,558 (91.2%) $11,580
2023 $1,121 (8.2%) $12,627 (91.8%) $13,748

Data source: Michigan Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fancher School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 541st of 1408 Elementary schoolsRanks 636th of 1470 Elementary schools
 4.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Fancher School)63.440.2
 23.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Mt. Pleasant City School District)56.837.3
 19.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.140.9
 4.2%
3rd Grade Math (Fancher School)5035.6
 14.4%
   3rd Grade Math (Mt. Pleasant City School District)45.132
 13.1%
   3rd Grade Math (Michigan)46.742.9
 3.8%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Fancher School)57.645.2
 12.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Mt. Pleasant City School District)49.439.5
 9.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)45.844.3
 1.5%
4th Grade Math (Fancher School)51.344.4
 6.9%
   4th Grade Math (Mt. Pleasant City School District)41.833.8
 8%
   4th Grade Math (Michigan)41.838.6
 3.2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Fancher School)5047.4
 2.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Mt. Pleasant City School District)42.244.6
 2.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Michigan)46.243.9
 2.3%
5th Grade Math (Fancher School)33.829.6
 4.2%
   5th Grade Math (Mt. Pleasant City School District)27.625.5
 2.1%
   5th Grade Math (Michigan)34.831.5
 3.3%
5th Grade Social Studies (Fancher School)16.329.6
 13.3%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Mt. Pleasant City School District)14.722.5
 7.8%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Michigan)17.418.6
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students466406
 12.9%
African American194
 78.9%
American Indian2112
 42.9%
Asian1114
 27.3%
Hispanic2618
 30.8%
Pacific Islander00
White366318
 13.1%
Two or More Races2340
 73.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.9%47.3%
 4.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Fancher School

Students who attend Fancher School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Mt Pleasant Middle School
High : Mt Pleasant Senior High School

Students at Fancher School are 76% White, 10% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 3% American Indian, 2% Asian, 2% African American.

Fancher School ranks 782nd of 1486 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 404 students attended Fancher School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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