Discovery Enrichment Center
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to kindergarten · Benton Harbor, Michigan
Discovery Enrichment Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan enrolled 80 students in 2024-25 with 11.0 full-time teachers, 7.3 students per teacher against the Michigan elementary-school median of 15.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 19% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 5%
99 students in 2022-23, 86 students in 2023-24, 80 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 10.5 to 11.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 99 | 10.5 | 9.4 |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 12.0 | 7.2 |
| 2024-25 | 80 | 11.0 | 7.3 |
7.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 99 of every 100 Michigan elementary schools
Among the 1,602 Michigan elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 15.8; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Discovery Enrichment Center enrolled 101 students and reported no counselor; it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions1
- Chronically absent65.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
98.8% of students were Black, 1.3% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black98.8%
- Hispanic1.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about Discovery Enrichment Center
- Martin Luther King Jr ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, under 0.1 miles away: 229 students, 10.4 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Mildred C Wells Preparatory AcademyThe next nearest public elementary school, 1.0 miles away: 227 students, 16.3 per teacher (2024-25).1.0 mi
- Compare Discovery Enrichment Center with Martin Luther King Jr ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Benton Harbor Area Schools spends per student$20,390 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$20,390
- The largest public schools in MichiganDiscovery Enrichment Center is the number 1,563 by size of 1,611 Michigan elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,563 of 1,611
- Michigan schools by students per teacher7.3 students per teacher here against the Michigan median of 15.8 for elementary schools.7.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Discovery Enrichment Center
How many students attend Discovery Enrichment Center?
80 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 99 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Benton Harbor, MI.What is the student-teacher ratio at Discovery Enrichment Center?
7.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Michigan median for elementary schools is 15.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Discovery Enrichment Center a Title I school?
Discovery Enrichment Center ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Discovery Enrichment Center in?
Benton Harbor Area Schools, NCES district ID 2604830. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 260483007874 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.