Barhitte Elementary School

Students in BURTON, Michigan, attend Barhitte Elementary School, a small elementary school. There are 309 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.

Bentley Community School District runs Barhitte Elementary School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 706 students in total.

More than half of the students at Barhitte Elementary School are White (66%). Beyond that, enrollment is 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 10% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.

On staff are 18 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. Barhitte Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Genesee County.

For Genesee County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $62,281, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 158 public schools in the county, enrolling about 58,534, Barhitte Elementary School among them.

Of the public schools around it, Barhitte Elementary School is closest to Bentley High School BOLD Academy, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal data place Barhitte Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (309) to 2024-25 (309).

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