Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center

Set in BURTON, Michigan, Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center is a tiny K-12 campus, operated by Atherton Community Schools. It hosts 48 students across grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center sits 83% leaner than that benchmark.

Atherton Community Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 638 students; Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center is among them.

Looking at the student body, Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center records that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 33% Black, 19% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Genesee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Genesee County indicate median household income runs about $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Burton Glen Charter Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 36%: 75 students in 2018 compared to 48 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 40%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 110.3:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.