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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Bunker Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSKEGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF·NCES 262484008365
Bunker Elementary
2312 DENMARK ST, MUSKEGON, MI 49441 · (231) 720-2300 · Muskegon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Michigan public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
420 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 55%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bunker Elementary→Charles Hackley Middle School
Based on grade levels within Muskegon Public Schools of the City of. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
20.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
22.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bunker Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Elementary this school | 451 | 93.1% | 21.4% |
| Attwood School LANSING | 426 | 91.5% | N/A |
| North School LANSING | 471 | 90.4% | N/A |
| Paramount Charter Academy KALAMAZOO | 373 | 95.2% | N/A |
| Cascades Elementary School JACKSON | 398 | 91.0% | 21.2% |
| Northeast Elementary School JACKSON | 396 | 98.0% | 17.9% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bunker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Muskegon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,059 of 1,085 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,020 of 1,072 | #17 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,105 of 1,139 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #441 of 1,630 | #7 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #728 of 1,424 | #15 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #96 of 1,424 | #1 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #111 of 1,563 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #827 of 979 | #15 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
451
0 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 451 | 28.1 | 16.1:1 | 93% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 39.3 | 15.8:1 | 89% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 28.3 | 14.1:1 | 85% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 92% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 28.3 | 16.6:1 | 90% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 26 | 19.8:1 | 88% (455) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bunker Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (469 to 451); teachers down 1% (28.3 to 28.1).
About Bunker Elementary
Bunker Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Michigan, with an address in MUSKEGON. It has an enrollment of 451 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 22% above average.
Bunker Elementary belongs to Muskegon Public Schools of the City of, a district of 7 schools and 3,325 students.
About 45% of students at Bunker Elementary are Black, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 26% White, 15% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. Among all residents of Muskegon County, the Black share is about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Its staff includes 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is about 15.8:1. Bunker Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 93%. Across public schools in Muskegon County, the average is 59%.
Bunker Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bunker Elementary would be expected to post about 25.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.4%.
In the wider Muskegon County area, the median household earns about $65,024 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Muskegon County, 71 public schools serve about 25,245 students.
Lincoln Park Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bunker Elementary ranks 4th of 4 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Bunker Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Bunker Elementary enrolled 451; in 2024-25, 451. The school's ratio increased from 11.9:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Bunker Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. You can also rate the school on this page.
Muskegon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,961
Census ACS
Median income
$65,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
71
25,245 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muskegon Public Schools of the City of
- Muskegon High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Charles Hackley Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Oakview Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Marquette Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Glenside ElementaryElementary · 185 students
- Muskegon Community Education CenterHigh · 107 students
Other schools in MUSKEGON
- Mona Shores High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- ReethsPuffer High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Muskegon High SchoolHigh · 1,003 students
- Mona Shores Middle SchoolMiddle · 930 students
- Charles Hackley Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Timberland AcademyElementary · 613 students
Other Bunker Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bunker Elementary. Bunker Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- BUNKER ELEM.BUNKER, MO · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 411
- Muskegon Montessori Academy for Environmental Change0.9 mi · 154
- Glenside Elementary1.1 mi · 185
- Mona Shores Middle School1.1 mi · 930
- Campbell Elementary School1.3 mi · 454
- Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building1.5 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Bunker ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bunker Elementary?
Bunker Elementary enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bunker Elementary serve?
Bunker Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bunker Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bunker Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bunker Elementary?
At Bunker Elementary, the student body is approximately 26% White, 15% Hispanic, 45% Black, 14% Two or more.
Is Bunker Elementary public or private?
Bunker Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Muskegon Public Schools of the City of.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.