Niles Cedar Lane

Located at 1 TYLER ST, in NILES, Michigan, Niles Cedar Lane is a rural-scale 9-12 campus that enrolls 134 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Niles Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Niles Cedar Lane sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Niles Community Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 3,107 students, Niles Cedar Lane is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Niles Cedar Lane logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Niles Cedar Lane higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Berrien County's rate of about 55%.

Around the school, census data for Berrien County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,425 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Berrien County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students), of which Niles Cedar Lane is one.

WAY Niles is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Niles Cedar Lane's enrollment has grew 89% since 2018, when it stood at 71 (now 134). Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 14% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 today.

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