Sycamore Elementary School

As a close-knit elementary campus in DORR, Michigan, Sycamore Elementary School educates 224 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Hopkins Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 369.

Hopkins Public Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,415 students. Sycamore Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sycamore Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Sycamore Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Allegan County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sycamore Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 69.2%, a residual of +17.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allegan County indicate median household income runs about $83,283, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Allegan County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students), of which Sycamore Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Dorr School, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sycamore Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Sycamore Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sycamore Elementary School has declined 21%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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