Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VESTABURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263492007060
Vestaburg Community Elem School
7100 AVENUE B, VESTABURG, MI 48891 · (989) 268-5284 · Montcalm County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- C+Beats 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
11.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 43.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
118 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Vestaburg Community Elem School→Vestaburg Community High School
Based on grade levels within Vestaburg Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
40.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Vestaburg Community Elem School
Vestaburg Community Elem School's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestaburg Community Elem School this school | 247 | 47.8% | 43.2% |
| Forest View Elementary School BOON | 257 | 49.8% | 57.8% |
| Star Elementary School HASTINGS | 287 | 48.8% | 47.4% |
| Mendon Elementary School MENDON | 210 | 45.7% | 28.1% |
| RJ Steeby School WAYLAND | 256 | 44.1% | 39.6% |
| Meyer Elementary School LEXINGTON | 275 | 49.8% | 57.9% |
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 Vestaburg Community Elem School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Montcalm County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #629 of 1,085 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #654 of 1,072 | #6 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #882 of 1,139 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #1,291 of 1,630 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #45 of 1,424 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #1,224 of 1,424 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #937 of 1,563 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #122 of 979 | #2 of 8 |
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
247
-72 (-23%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 247 | 21.6 | 11.4:1 | 48% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 24.8 | 12.5:1 | 64% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 23.2 | 14.4:1 | 64% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 21 | 15.2:1 | 74% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 21.5 | 15.6:1 | 74% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 71% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 18 | 18.3:1 | 67% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 32% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vestaburg Community Elem School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (336 to 247); teachers unchanged (21.5 to 21.6).
About Vestaburg Community Elem School
Vestaburg Community Elem School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in VESTABURG, Michigan. It has an enrollment of 247 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
Vestaburg Community Elem School reports to Vestaburg Community Schools, which has 4 schools and 1,093 students.
Roughly 92% of students at Vestaburg Community Elem School are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Vestaburg Community Elem School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Vestaburg Community Elem School comes to 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.4:1. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. On the income side, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 57% average for public schools in Montcalm County.
On the allk12 Grade, Vestaburg Community Elem School lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Vestaburg Community Elem School is 1.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.2% versus 45.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
In the surrounding county, Montcalm County, the median household earns about $67,344 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Vestaburg Community Elem School, Montcalm County has 33 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Vestaburg Community High School, is the closest to Vestaburg Community Elem School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Vestaburg Community Elem School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Vestaburg Community Elem School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 247, compared with 319 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 11.4 in 2024-25.
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Montcalm County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,816
Census ACS
Median income
$67,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,168 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vestaburg Community Schools
- Vestaburg Community High SchoolHigh · 307 students
- Vestaburg Community Alternative Education SchoolHigh · 282 students
- Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School WyomingHigh · 257 students
Other schools in VESTABURG
- Success Virtual Learning Centers of MichiganHigh · 1,644 students
- Vestaburg Community High SchoolHigh · 307 students
- Vestaburg Community Alternative Education SchoolHigh · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Vestaburg Community High School0.0 mi · 307
- Success Virtual Learning Centers of Michigan0.0 mi · 1,644
- Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School0.0 mi · 282
- Montabella Elementary8.8 mi · 389
- Montabella JuniorSenior High8.9 mi · 383
- Winn Elementary School9.3 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Vestaburg Community Elem SchoolHow many students attend Vestaburg Community Elem School?
Vestaburg Community Elem School enrolls approximately 247 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vestaburg Community Elem School serve?
Vestaburg Community Elem School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Vestaburg Community Elem School have?
Vestaburg Community Elem School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Vestaburg Community Elem School?
Student demographics at Vestaburg Community Elem School are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Vestaburg Community Elem School in?
Vestaburg Community Elem School is part of Vestaburg Community Schools.
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