Barryton Elementary School

Barryton Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in BARRYTON, Michigan, one of the schools within Chippewa Hills School District, with 204 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 369.

Chippewa Hills School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,773 students. Barryton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Barryton Elementary School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mecosta County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Barryton Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mecosta County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Barryton Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 52.6%, a residual of +17.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Mecosta County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,951, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Barryton Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Mecosta County (combined enrollment of about 5,219 students).

Nearest neighbor: Chippewa Hills Middle School, around 6.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barryton Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 229 students in 2018 compared to 204 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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