Twin Rivers Elementary School

Located at 435 LOU LEMKE LN, in MUIR, Michigan, Twin Rivers Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves 183 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Ionia Public Schools. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Ionia Public Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 2,659 students, Twin Rivers Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Twin Rivers Elementary School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Twin Rivers Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 65% 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 Ionia County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Ionia County shows median household earnings sit near $75,611, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Twin Rivers Elementary School is one of 30 public schools in Ionia County (combined enrollment of about 10,506 students).

Nearest neighbor: PewamoWestphalia Elementary School, around 4.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Twin Rivers Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 193 (now 183). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.