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What's the most underrated thing about Amberly Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262895006484
Amberly Elementary School
6637 AMBERLY ST, PORTAGE, MI 49024 · (269) 323-5900 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Michigan public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
161 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
53.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amberly Elementary School
Amberly Elementary School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amberly Elementary School this school | 513 | 31.4% | 49.1% |
| Randolph Elementary School LIVONIA | 532 | 29.9% | 51.5% |
| Kennedy Elementary School LIVONIA | 472 | 28.8% | 60.7% |
| Central Elementary School PORTAGE | 439 | 31.4% | 48.6% |
| Orion Oaks Elementary School LAKE ORION | 514 | 30.0% | 49.3% |
| Pine Knob Elementary School CLARKSTON | 487 | 28.1% | 63.4% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amberly Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #442 of 1,085 | #11 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #349 of 1,072 | #8 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #370 of 1,139 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #249 of 1,630 | #7 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #802 of 1,424 | #25 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #369 of 1,424 | #19 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #1,200 of 1,563 | #32 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #468 of 979 | #11 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
513
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 760
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 513 | 31.5 | 16.3:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 33.6 | 15.5:1 | 30% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 34% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 35% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 31.4 | 18.9:1 | 36% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 33% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 27% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 9% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 760 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amberly Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (592 to 513); teachers unchanged (31.4 to 31.5).
About Amberly Elementary School
Amberly Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of PORTAGE, Michigan. The school reports 513 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Michigan is about 369 students.
Amberly Elementary School sits within Portage Public Schools, which has 14 schools and 8,479 students.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at Amberly Elementary School. The remaining students are 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Kalamazoo County is about 76% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Amberly Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school has about 16.3 students per teacher and 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Kalamazoo County.
allk12 grades Amberly Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Amberly Elementary School is -3.3 points: 49.1% actual, 52.4% predicted.
Among Kalamazoo County residents, median household income is about $72,532, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Amberly Elementary School is one of 93 public schools in Kalamazoo County, which together enroll about 34,151 students.
The school nearest to Amberly Elementary School is Portage West Middle School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Within five miles of Amberly Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Amberly Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 553 to 513. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.4:1 to 16.3:1.
Discussions about Amberly Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portage Public Schools
- Portage Central High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Portage Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Portage Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Portage West Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Portage North Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Moorsbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Other schools in PORTAGE
- Portage Central High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Portage Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,194 students
- Portage Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Portage West Middle SchoolMiddle · 717 students
- Portage North Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Moorsbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Portage West Middle School0.6 mi · 717
- Oakland Academy0.6 mi · 149
- Moorsbridge Elementary School0.7 mi · 591
- Haverhill Elementary School0.7 mi · 378
- Woodland Elementary School1.1 mi · 348
- 12th Street Elementary1.2 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Amberly Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Amberly Elementary School?
Amberly Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Amberly Elementary School serve?
Amberly Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amberly Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amberly Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Amberly Elementary School?
Amberly Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Amberly Elementary School?
Amberly Elementary School is overseen by Portage Public Schools in Kalamazoo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.