West Bendle Elementary School

As a tight-knit K-5 school in BURTON, Michigan, West Bendle Elementary School hosts 209 students from grades 3 through 5, run under Bendle Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 43% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Bendle Public Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 981 students. West Bendle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, West Bendle Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Genesee County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting West Bendle Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Genesee County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Bendle Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 28.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Genesee County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,281, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), West Bendle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Gladys Dillon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. West Bendle Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 288 (now 209). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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