Bloomingdale Elementary School

Families in BLOOMINGDALE, Michigan, are served by Bloomingdale Elementary School, a small elementary school. Its 272 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 26% smaller than the 369 average for elementary schools in Michigan.

Within Bloomingdale Public School District, Bloomingdale Elementary School is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 953 students.

White students make up a majority at Bloomingdale Elementary School, at 61%. The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Van Buren County overall, about 80% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reported 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.1:1. That is 0.7 students per teacher below the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. That is 19 points above the 52% average for public schools in Van Buren County.

County data help place the school in context: in Van Buren County, the median household income is $68,114, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Van Buren County has 45 public schools and roughly 14,850 students.

Bloomingdale Middle and High School is the public school closest to Bloomingdale Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5.

The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.

Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Bloomingdale Elementary School had 300 students, to 2024-25, when it had 272. Students per teacher fell from 17.6 in 2020-21 to 15.1 in 2024-25.

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