Bean Elementary School

Bean Elementary School operates as a moderately sized primary school in SPRING ARBOR, Michigan, part of Western School District. Current enrollment sits at 409 students spanning grades K through 5.

Western School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,688 students; Bean Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bean Elementary School shows that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jackson County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Bean Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of +0.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $66,073, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bean Elementary School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

The closest other public school is Warner Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Bean Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bean Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bean Elementary School has ticked down 3%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.