Beal City Elementary School

Beal City Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary campus in MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, one of the schools within Beal City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 265 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Beal City Elementary School sits 28% below that benchmark.

Beal City Public Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 641 students. Beal City Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Beal City Elementary School reports that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at Beal City Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beal City Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Isabella County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $55,237 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Isabella County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,493 students), Beal City Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Beal City High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beal City Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beal City Elementary School has declined 20%, going from 330 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Beal City Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.