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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Palms Elementary School, Ira, MI

CEP schoolPalms Elementary School is a public elementary school in Ira, part of East China School District. It enrolled 245 students in 2024-25, with 16.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
245
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
16.3
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.1. 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
District16.1
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
6101 Palms Rd, Ira, MI 48023
Phone
(810)676-1350
District
East China School District
County
St. Clair County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
261242004942
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
52
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
6526.5% 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

Other elementary schools in East China School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Ira

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.