Merritt Elementary School

1620 Lasalle Ave

Niles MI, 49120, Berrien County

Phone: 269-684-6511

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 2

School District: Brandywine Public School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	21		21		20		17		17		17		16
Total Students:	331		345		350		326		336		316		334
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	112	33.8%	118	34.2%	131	37.4%	136	41.7%	130	38.7%	115	36.4%	141	42.2%
Grade 1:	110	33.2%	116	33.6%	114	32.6%	97	29.8%	96	28.6%	112	35.4%	92	27.5%
Grade 2:	109	32.9%	111	32.2%	105	30.0%	93	28.5%	110	32.7%	89	28.2%	101	30.2%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	163	49.2%	178	51.6%	179	51.1%	162	49.7%	169	50.3%	166	52.5%	161	48.2%
Female:	168	50.8%	167	48.4%	171	48.9%	164	50.3%	159	47.3%	142	44.9%	155	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	4	1.2%	3	0.9%	5	1.5%
Hispanic:	33	10.0%	30	8.7%	22	6.3%	22	6.7%	18	5.4%	24	7.6%	16	4.8%
Black:	8	2.4%	6	1.7%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	12	3.6%	15	4.7%	11	3.3%
White:	264	79.8%	281	81.4%	317	90.6%	293	89.9%	302	89.9%	274	86.7%	288	86.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	6.6%	22	6.4%	7	2.0%	5	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	206	62.2%	212	61.4%	221	63.1%	170	52.1%	157	46.7%	139	44.0%	116	34.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	6.3%	17	4.9%	31	8.9%	19	5.8%	23	6.8%	26	8.2%	18	5.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.75		16.42		17.57		19.24		19.59		18.20		20.40