Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Bear Lake Elementary School, Bear Lake, MI

CEP schoolBear Lake Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bear Lake, part of Bear Lake Schools. It enrolled 147 students in 2024-25, with 16.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 147
Teachers (FTE): 9.0
Students per teacher: 16.3
Grades: PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.6 higher than the district figure of 14.7. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.3

District14.7

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 7748 Cody St, Bear Lake, MI 49614
Phone: (231)864-3133
District: Bear Lake Schools
County: Manistee County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 260432004120

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 83
Reduced-price lunch: 7
Free or reduced-price lunch: 9061.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.