Park Elementary School

Park Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school in THREE RIVERS, Michigan, operated by Three Rivers Community Schools. The school caters to 262 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Park Elementary School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Three Rivers Community Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,145 students. Park Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Park Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 11% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Joseph County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Park Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.8%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for St. Joseph County shows median household income runs about $66,425, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across St. Joseph County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,517 students), Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Three Rivers Middle School, roughly 4.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Park Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 32% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 262). White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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