Beach Elementary School

Beach Elementary School is a close-knit primary school in MUSKEGON, Michigan, operated by Fruitport Community Schools. The school caters to 295 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Beach Elementary School sits 20% below that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Fruitport Community Schools (2,650 students total), Beach Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Beach Elementary School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Muskegon County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Muskegon County (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beach Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Muskegon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,024 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Muskegon County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), of which Beach Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Shettler School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Beach Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Beach Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 295).

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