State/Public Elementary Open

Eastside Connections School

๐Ÿ“ 1 Tyler St, Niles, Berrien County, 49120

432
Pupils
19.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Eastside Connections School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Niles, Berrien County. The school has 432 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Niles Community Schools school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths.

School details

School district
Niles Community Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Eastside Connections School enrolls 432 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.

Male students
213 (49%)
Female students
219 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
22.2
Student-teacher ratio
19.5:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 13% Black or African American and 9.7% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White28666%
Black or African American5513%
Hispanic or Latino429.7%
Two or more races409.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native61.4%
Asian3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

195 of the school's 432 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 179 qualify for free lunch and 16 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.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Kโ€“8Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Eastside Connections School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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-50, state senate district 21, state house district 78.

School district: Niles Community Schools

Eastside Connections School is one of 11 schools in Niles Community Schools, based in NILES, Michigan. The district serves 3,143 students district-wide and employs 167 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 432 students, Eastside Connections School is larger than the district average of about 286 students per school.

3,143
District students
11
Schools
167
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

54%
Reading proficient
46%
Math proficient
14%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Small

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