Beechnau Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school in RAVENNA, Michigan, Beechnau Elementary School teaches 393 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Ravenna Public Schools.

Within Ravenna Public Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,001 students, Beechnau Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Beechnau Elementary School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Beechnau Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Muskegon County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Beechnau Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.0%; Beechnau Elementary School posts 32.1%, -12.9 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Muskegon County put the typical household earns roughly $65,024 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muskegon County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), Beechnau Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ravenna High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beechnau Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

Beechnau Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 15%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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