Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRUITPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 261539007455
Beach Elementary School
2741 HEIGHTS RAVENNA RD, MUSKEGON, MI 49444 · (231) 773-8996 · Muskegon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
144 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Beach Elementary School→Fruitport Middle School
Based on grade levels within Fruitport Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
44.0%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
Schools most like Beach Elementary School
Beach Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Elementary School this school | 295 | 48.8% | 42.6% |
| Robert D Brandon Elem School MARTIN | 299 | 50.2% | 42.9% |
| North Elementary School ITHACA | 295 | 50.8% | 33.1% |
| Shettler School MUSKEGON | 293 | 50.9% | 51.7% |
| Meyer Elementary School LEXINGTON | 275 | 49.8% | 57.9% |
| Parkview Elementary School CHARLOTTE | 283 | 51.9% | 41.2% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Beach Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #647 of 1,085 | #6 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #580 of 1,072 | #5 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #771 of 1,139 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #1,108 of 1,630 | #23 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #388 of 1,424 | #7 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #1,016 of 1,424 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #914 of 1,563 | #21 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #665 of 979 | #9 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
295
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 295 | 20.2 | 14.6:1 | 49% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 18.2 | 16.3:1 | 52% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 18.7 | 16.5:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 48% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 22.4 | 14.3:1 | 59% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 60% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 54% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 44% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beach Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (320 to 295); teachers down 10% (22.4 to 20.2).
About Beach Elementary School
Beach Elementary School is a small elementary school in Michigan, located in MUSKEGON. The school counts 295 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students.
Beach Elementary School is run by Fruitport Community Schools, whose 7 schools enroll 2,650 students.
White students are the large majority at Beach Elementary School, with 87% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among people living in Muskegon County, the White share is about 77%. The chance that two students picked at random at Beach Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
Beach Elementary School's 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 49%. Among public schools in Muskegon County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
Beach Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Beach Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.6% is 2.0 points below the 44.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Muskegon County has about 175,961 residents, and median household income is about $65,024, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Muskegon County number 71 and enroll about 25,245.
The next-closest public school is Shettler School, about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Beach Elementary School.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Beach Elementary School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Community posts for Beach Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Muskegon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,961
Census ACS
Median income
$65,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
71
25,245 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fruitport Community Schools
- Fruitport High SchoolHigh · 812 students
- Fruitport Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Shettler SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Fruitport Adult EducationHigh · 29 students
- Fruitport Alternative High SchoolHigh · 21 students
Other schools in MUSKEGON
- Mona Shores High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Muskegon High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Mona Shores Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Charles Hackley Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Timberland AcademyElementary · 613 students
Other Beach Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Beach Elementary. Beach Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Beach Elementary SchoolCEDAR SPRINGS, MI · 445 students
- Beach ElementaryChesapeake Beach, MD · 502 students
- Beach ElementaryPiedmont, CA · 323 students
- Beach Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 295 students
- Beach ElementaryPascagoula, MS · 100 students
Nearby schools
- Shettler School1.1 mi · 293
- Timberland Academy2.9 mi · 613
- Edgewood Elementary Academy3.1 mi · 134
- Orchard View Community Education3.3 mi · 134
- Oakview Elementary School3.4 mi · 438
- Dr Martin Luther King Academy3.6 mi · 105
Frequently asked questions
About Beach Elementary SchoolHow large is Beach Elementary School?
Beach Elementary School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades KG-05.
Is Beach Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beach Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Beach Elementary School have?
Beach Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Beach Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beach Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Beach Elementary School public or private?
Beach Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fruitport Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.