Elementary · Michigan
Ballard Elementary School
Free meals for allBallard Elementary School, a public elementary school in Niles, Michigan: grades pre-k–5, 516 students, 18.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Niles Community Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 516
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.9
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared
More students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 85% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared
Larger than 69% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Niles Community Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Niles Community Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1601 W Chicago Rd, Niles, MI 49120
- Phone
- (269)683-5900
- City or town
- Niles
- County
- Berrien County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Eastside Connections SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 403 | 18.5 |
Northside Child Development CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 13 | 4.5 |
Brandywine Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–6 | 379 | 16.5 |
Merritt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 304 | 14.1 |
Moccasin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 2–4 | 354 | 18.8 |
Ottawa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 230 | 15.1 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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