Eureka School

Eureka School, a minimally staffed K-5 school in SAINT JOHNS, Michigan, part of St. Johns Public Schools, works with 114 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Eureka School sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

St. Johns Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,458 students. Eureka School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Eureka School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Eureka School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Clinton County's rate of about 30%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clinton County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,210, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clinton County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,640 students), Eureka School is one campus in the mix.

EE Knight Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Eureka School's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 144 (now 114). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 9% to 15% over that span.

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