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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

New Buffalo Elementary School, New Buffalo, MI

New Buffalo Elementary School is a public elementary school in New Buffalo, part of New Buffalo Area Schools. It enrolled 211 students in 2024-25, with 11.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
211
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
11.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 10.5. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.1
District10.5
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
12291 Lubke Rd, New Buffalo, MI 49117
County
Berrien County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
262514006182
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
60
Reduced-price lunch
12
Free or reduced-price lunch
7234.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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.