Vestaburg Community Elem School

As an intimate elementary-level community in VESTABURG, Michigan, Vestaburg Community Elem School instructs 247 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Vestaburg Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Vestaburg Community Elem School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Vestaburg Community Elem School is one of 4 schools operated by Vestaburg Community Schools, a district that instructs 1,093 students overall.

On demographics, Vestaburg Community Elem School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Vestaburg Community Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montcalm County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Vestaburg Community Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 43.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montcalm County indicate median household income runs about $67,344, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Montcalm County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,168 students), Vestaburg Community Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Vestaburg Community Elem School. On composite proficiency, Vestaburg Community Elem School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Vestaburg Community Elem School's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 247). Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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