Pine River Elementary School

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in CHINA, Michigan, Pine River Elementary School hosts 335 students from grades K through 4, run under East China School District.

East China School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,405 students. Pine River Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pine River Elementary School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pine River Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below St. Clair County's rate of about 46%.

With demographic context factored in, Pine River Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 60.9%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Clair County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students), Pine River Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is St Clair High School, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pine River Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Pine River Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Pine River Elementary School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 335). Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.