Belle River Elementary School

Belle River Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in MARINE CITY, Michigan, part of East China School District. Current enrollment sits at 343 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within East China School District, which oversees 9 schools and 3,405 students, Belle River Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Belle River Elementary School records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Belle River Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belle River Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

In the surrounding community, St. Clair County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Clair County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students), Belle River Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marine City Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Belle River Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Belle River Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Belle River Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 343). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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