Moccasin Elementary School

Moccasin Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in BUCHANAN, Michigan. The school enrolls 354 students in grades 2 through 4.

Moccasin Elementary School is part of Buchanan Community Schools, where 6 schools serve 1,567 students.

The share of students at Moccasin Elementary School who are White is 81%. The remaining students are 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 57% of students at Moccasin Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 55% average for public schools in Berrien County.

Moccasin Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.3% is 8.3 points above the 41.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

In the surrounding county, Berrien County, median household income comes to about $65,425, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 75 public schools and about 21,027 students.

Buchanan Step Up is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Moccasin Elementary School's average proficiency of 49.3% compares with 42.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.

The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.

Federal enrollment counts increased from 314 (2020-21) to 354 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 17.4:1 to 18.8:1.

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