Leonidas School

Students in COLON, Michigan, attend Leonidas School, a very small elementary school. There are 35 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 369.

Colon Community School District oversees Leonidas School and 2 other schools, with 529 students in total.

White students are 100% of those enrolled at Leonidas School. Census estimates put the White share of St. Joseph County's population at about 85%.

The school has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Leonidas School, 20% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 55% average for public schools in St. Joseph County.

For the population of St. Joseph County, the median household earns about $66,425 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Leonidas School shares St. Joseph County with 31 other public schools.

Colon Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Leonidas School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

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