Maplewood School

Located at 170 SEMINARY ST, in VERMONTVILLE, Michigan, Maplewood School is a close-knit elementary campus that works with 267 students (grades 3 through 6), run under Maple Valley Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Maple Valley Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 869 students. Maplewood School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Maplewood School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Maplewood School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Eaton County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Maplewood School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.2%; this one comes in at 25.4%, -13.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Eaton County reports that median household income runs about $79,597, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Eaton County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,025 students), Maplewood School is one campus in the mix.

Maple Valley JrSr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maplewood School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

Maplewood School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maplewood School has fell 11%, going from 299 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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