Greyhound Central Elementary School

Greyhound Central Elementary School is a very small elementary school in EATON RAPIDS, Michigan, under Eaton Rapids Public Schools. It reports enrollment of 114 students in pre-K through kindergarten. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 69% below that mark.

Eaton Rapids Public Schools has 6 schools; together they serve 1,914 students.

White students are 77% of those enrolled at Greyhound Central Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.

The school lists 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 61 students, or 54%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Eaton County is 42%.

The school is in Eaton County, where the median household earns about $79,597 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Eaton County, 47 public schools serve about 17,025 students.

Greyhound Central Performance Academy is the nearest public school to Greyhound Central Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Greyhound Central Elementary School, there are 6 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 114, compared with 100 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.7 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.

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