📍 6101 Palms Rd, Ira, St. Clair County, 48023
Palms Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ira, St. Clair County. The school has 237 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East China School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Palms Elementary School enrolls 237 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 1.7% Two or more races and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 231 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
83 of the school's 237 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 76 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palms Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 25, state house district 32.
Palms Elementary School is one of 10 schools in East China School District, based in EAST CHINA, Michigan. The district serves 3,433 students district-wide and employs 211 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 237 students, Palms Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 343 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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