📍 1995 Union Ave, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, 49022
Fair Plain East Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Benton Harbor, Berrien County. The school has 169 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Benton Harbor Area Schools school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fair Plain East Elementary enrolls 169 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 150 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 4.1% |
| White | 6 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 3.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
162 of the school's 169 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 161 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fair Plain East Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-40, state senate district 21, state house district 79.
Fair Plain East Elementary is one of 6 schools in Benton Harbor Area Schools, based in BENTON HARBOR, Michigan. The district serves 1,240 students district-wide and employs 70 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 169 students, Fair Plain East Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 207 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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