📍 701 S Paw Paw St, Lawrence, Van Buren County, 49064
Bert Goens Learning Center is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Lawrence, Van Buren County. The school has 72 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Van Buren ISD school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.6:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bert Goens Learning Center enrolls 72 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 67% male and 33% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 47 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 2.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
50 of the school's 72 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 40 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bert Goens Learning Center is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 26, state house district 66.
Bert Goens Learning Center is one of 4 schools in Van Buren ISD, based in LAWRENCE, Michigan. The district serves 740 students district-wide and employs 113 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 72 students, Bert Goens Learning Center is smaller than the district average of about 185 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
Browse live education vacancies at or near Bert Goens Learning Center.
Find vacancies →