JIA Elementary

JIA Elementary operates as a tiny primary school in JENISON, Michigan, operated by Jenison Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 83 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 369.

Across the 11 schools in Jenison Public Schools (5,158 students total), JIA Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, JIA Elementary lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting JIA Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ottawa County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ottawa County put the typical household earns roughly $90,502 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Ottawa County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), JIA Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jenison Innovation Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JIA Elementary.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

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