Burr Oak Elementary School

Set in BURR OAK, Michigan, Burr Oak Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community, operated by Burr Oak Community School District. It works with 138 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 63% below typical.

Within Burr Oak Community School District, which oversees 3 schools and 501 students, Burr Oak Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Burr Oak Elementary School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Burr Oak Elementary School records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Joseph County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Joseph County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,425 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Burr Oak Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 9,517 students).

The closest other public school is Burr Oak Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Burr Oak Elementary School's enrollment has fell 39% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 138). The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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