Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HASTINGS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261797005472
Southeastern Elementary School
1300 S EAST ST, HASTINGS, MI 49058 · (269) 948-4419 · Barry County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
169 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hastings Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southeastern Elementary School
Southeastern Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Elementary School this school | 261 | 64.8% | 40.5% |
| Fulton Elementary School MIDDLETON | 261 | 64.0% | 44.5% |
| West Ward Elementary School ALLEGAN | 247 | 64.0% | 41.1% |
| Central Elementary School HASTINGS | 239 | 66.5% | 46.5% |
| Marcellus Elementary School MARCELLUS | 264 | 62.1% | 50.1% |
| Dawson Elementary School ALLEGAN | 278 | 62.9% | 46.2% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southeastern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Barry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #705 of 1,085 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #463 of 1,072 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #685 of 1,139 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #1,233 of 1,630 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #209 of 1,424 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #1,007 of 1,424 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #598 of 1,563 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #876 of 979 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
261
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 261 | 19.2 | 13.6:1 | 65% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 18.3 | 13.9:1 | 73% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 18.5 | 15.3:1 | 76% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 16 | 15.7:1 | 68% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 15.4 | 17.4:1 | 66% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 70% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 14 | 20.5:1 | 69% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 16 | 18.4:1 | 31% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeastern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (268 to 261); teachers up 25% (15.4 to 19.2).
About Southeastern Elementary School
Southeastern Elementary School is a small elementary school based in HASTINGS, Michigan. Federal data show 261 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Michigan enroll around 369, and this school is 29% below that mark.
Southeastern Elementary School sits within Hastings Area School District, which has 6 schools and 2,481 students.
Southeastern Elementary School is 87% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Southeastern Elementary School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Southeastern Elementary School has a ratio of 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Michigan, 15.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 43% for public schools in Barry County.
Southeastern Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 37.6% at Southeastern Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Barry County show that the median household earns about $77,500 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Barry County has 22 public schools with about 8,041 students, including Southeastern Elementary School.
The closest school to Southeastern Elementary School is Hastings Middle School, located about 0.6 miles away. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Southeastern Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Southeastern Elementary School is 5th of 5 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.7:1 to 13.6:1.
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Barry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
63,409
Census ACS
Median income
$77,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hastings Area School District
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 804 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Northeastern Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Star Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 239 students
Other schools in HASTINGS
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 804 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Northeastern Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Star Elementary SchoolElementary · 287 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 239 students
- Barry ISD Special EducationCombined · 56 students
Other Southeastern Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Southeastern Elementary. Southeastern Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Southeastern ElementaryChesapeake, VA · 828 students
- Southeastern Elementary SchoolFishers, IN · 773 students
- Southeastern Elementary SchoolChillicothe, OH · 381 students
- Southeastern Elementary SchoolBowen, IL · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Hastings Middle School0.6 mi · 584
- Central Elementary School0.6 mi · 239
- Hastings High School0.7 mi · 804
- Star Elementary School0.9 mi · 287
- Northeastern Elementary School1.3 mi · 306
- Barry ISD Special Education1.8 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Southeastern Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southeastern Elementary School?
Southeastern Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
Is Southeastern Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southeastern Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Southeastern Elementary School have?
Southeastern Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southeastern Elementary School?
At Southeastern Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeastern Elementary School?
Southeastern Elementary School is overseen by Hastings Area School District in Barry County.
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