Pine River Elementary School

Pine River Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary campus in MIDLAND, Michigan, operated by Bullock Creek School District. Current enrollment sits at 254 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Bullock Creek School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,673 students. Pine River Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Pine River Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Pine River Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Midland County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pine River Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 59.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Midland County indicate median household income runs about $77,705, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Midland County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,324 students), Pine River Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bullock Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pine River Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pine River Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 254). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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