Elementary · Michigan
Merritt Elementary School
Free meals for allMerritt Elementary School, a public elementary school in Niles, Michigan: grades pre-k–2, 304 students, 14.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Brandywine 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
- 304
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.6
- Students per teacher
- 14.1
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 15.8 · 1,619 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 66% of elementary schools in Michigan
Median 366 · 1,621 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Brandywine Community Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1620 Lasalle Ave, Niles, MI 49120
- Phone
- (269)684-6511
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Brandywine Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–6 | 379 | 16.5 |
Ballard Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 516 | 18.5 |
Darden Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 375 | 12.3 |
Eastside Connections SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 403 | 18.5 |
Clay International AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 496 | 12.7 |
Swanson Traditional SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 399 | 13.9 |
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; state test results are compared only within a state.
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