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What advice would you give to incoming students at Beach Elementary School?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR SPRINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260852008092
Beach Elementary School
204 E MUSKEGON ST, CEDAR SPRINGS, MI 49319 · (616) 696-0350 · Kent County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
191 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 55%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cedar Springs Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
57.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
-56 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.0:1
% White
87%
was 89%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Beach Elementary School
Beach Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school in CEDAR SPRINGS, Michigan, run under Cedar Springs Public Schools. The school caters to 445 students in grades 2 through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 21% larger than the state mean of about 369.
Beach Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Cedar Springs Public Schools, a district that educates 3,211 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Beach Elementary School shows that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Beach Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beach Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of +3.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kent County put the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Beach Elementary School is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).
Nearest neighbor: Cedar Trails Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Beach Elementary School.
Beach Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beach Elementary School has contracted 11%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Springs Public Schools
- Cedar Springs High SchoolHigh · 952 students
- Cedar Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Cedar View Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Cedar Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Red Hawk IntermediateMiddle · 210 students
- New Beginnings Alternative High SchoolHigh · 50 students
Other schools in CEDAR SPRINGS
- Cedar Springs High SchoolHigh · 952 students
- Cedar Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Cedar View Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Cedar Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Creative Technologies AcademyCombined · 302 students
- Red Hawk IntermediateMiddle · 210 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Trails Elementary School0.2 mi · 431
- Cedar View Elementary School0.3 mi · 466
- Cedar Springs High School0.5 mi · 952
- New Beginnings Alternative High School0.5 mi · 50
- Cedar Springs Middle School0.7 mi · 657
- Red Hawk Intermediate0.7 mi · 210
Frequently asked questions
About Beach Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Beach Elementary School?
Beach Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does Beach Elementary School serve?
Beach Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beach Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beach Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beach Elementary School?
At Beach Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Beach Elementary School?
Beach Elementary School is overseen by Cedar Springs Public Schools in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.