Lee Elementary School

Lee Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in MIDDLEVILLE, Michigan, operated by Thornapple Kellogg School District, hosting 398 students in grades 2 through 3.

Lee Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Thornapple Kellogg School District, a district that instructs 3,063 students overall.

Demographically, Lee Elementary School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Barry County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Barry County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Lee Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Barry County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,500 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Barry County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,041 students), Lee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

McFall Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lee Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Lee Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.