Hollywood Elementary School

Located at 143 E JOHN BEERS RD, in STEVENSVILLE, Michigan, Hollywood Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school that caters to 377 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Lakeshore School District (Berrien).

Lakeshore School District (Berrien) runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,635 students. Hollywood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hollywood Elementary School logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hollywood Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 37% of students at Hollywood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Berrien County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hollywood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.7%; this one delivers 56.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Berrien County) reports that median household income runs about $65,425, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Berrien County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students), of which Hollywood Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lakeshore Middle School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hollywood Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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