Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Hillsdale Preparatory School, Hillsdale, MI

Charter schoolCEP schoolHillsdale Preparatory School is a public elementary school in Hillsdale, part of Hillsdale Preparatory School. It enrolled 60 students in 2024-25, with 7.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 60
Teachers (FTE): 8.0
Students per teacher: 7.5
Grades: K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 7.5. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school7.5

District7.5

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 160 Mechanic Rd, Hillsdale, MI 49242
Phone: (517)437-4625
District: Hillsdale Preparatory School
County: Hillsdale County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Distant
NCES school ID: 260014300844

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 41
Reduced-price lunch: 2
Free or reduced-price lunch: 4371.7% 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.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Hillsdale

Gier Elementary School Hillsdale Community Schools
Bailey Early Childhood Center Hillsdale Community Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.