State/Public Elementary Open

Discovery Enrichment Center

๐Ÿ“ 465 S Mccord St, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, 49022

99
Pupils
9.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Discovery Enrichment Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Benton Harbor, Berrien County. The school has 99 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Benton Harbor Area Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“K in a suburban setting. The school employs 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Benton Harbor Area Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Discovery Enrichment Center enrolls 99 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“K. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.

Male students
55 (56%)
Female students
44 (44%)
Teachers (FTE)
10.5
Student-teacher ratio
9.4:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“K

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 4% White and 4% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American9091%
White44%
Two or more races44%
Hispanic or Latino11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

94 of the school's 99 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 93 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, SmallGrades Pre-Kโ€“KTitle I

Discovery Enrichment Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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.

School district: Benton Harbor Area Schools

Discovery Enrichment Center 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 99 students, Discovery Enrichment Center is smaller than the district average of about 207 students per school.

1,240
District students
6
Schools
70
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

30%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Suburb - Small

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