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How has Ann L Dolsen Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH LYON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263225006752
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School
56775 RICE ST, NEW HUDSON, MI 48165 · (248) 573-8400 · Oakland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Michigan public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
16.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
52 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
59.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
51.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Ann L Dolsen Elementary School
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann L Dolsen Elementary School this school | 427 | 12.2% | 53.1% |
| Costello Elementary School TROY | 395 | 10.4% | 69.0% |
| Wass Elementary School TROY | 413 | 8.5% | 70.4% |
| Cornell Elementary School OKEMOS | 439 | 12.3% | 61.9% |
| Messmore Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS | 332 | 15.7% | 73.1% |
| Musson Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS | 505 | 4.8% | 79.0% |
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 Ann L Dolsen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #337 of 1,085 | #74 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #393 of 1,072 | #84 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #283 of 1,139 | #66 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #540 of 1,630 | #81 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #742 of 1,424 | #101 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #300 of 1,424 | #51 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.2% | #1,487 of 1,563 | #138 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #882 of 979 | #109 of 118 |
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
427
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 427 | 26.5 | 16.1:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 26.3 | 16.8:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 28.2 | 15.7:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 24.8 | 17.6:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 26 | 21.0:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 29% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 20% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ann L Dolsen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (438 to 427); teachers up 7% (24.8 to 26.5).
About Ann L Dolsen Elementary School
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in NEW HUDSON, Michigan. The school counts 427 students across kindergarten through 5.
The 13 schools in South Lyon Community Schools enroll 8,231 students altogether, Ann L Dolsen Elementary School among them.
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School's enrollment is 57% White. The remaining shares are 29% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Oakland County's population at about 69%. By the diversity index, Ann L Dolsen Elementary School comes in at 59%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.1:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is 12%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Oakland County is 32%.
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.9%. Ann L Dolsen Elementary School scores 53.1%.
Across Oakland County, median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is among the 345 public schools in Oakland County.
William A Pearson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Ann L Dolsen Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 53.1% versus a 55.9% average.
NCES describes the area around Ann L Dolsen Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 427 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 459.
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Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Lyon Community Schools
- South Lyon High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- South Lyon East High SchoolHigh · 1,174 students
- Millennium Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,049 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- William A Pearson ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Sharon J Hardy Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Nearby schools
- William A Pearson Elementary2.2 mi · 576
- Kent Lake Elementary School2.4 mi · 518
- South Lyon High School3.1 mi · 1,245
- Sharon J Hardy Elementary School3.3 mi · 570
- Frank E Bartlett School3.9 mi · 483
- South Lyon East High School3.9 mi · 1,174
Frequently asked questions
About Ann L Dolsen Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ann L Dolsen Elementary School?
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ann L Dolsen Elementary School serve?
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ann L Dolsen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ann L Dolsen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ann L Dolsen Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Black, 29% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ann L Dolsen Elementary School?
Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is overseen by South Lyon Community Schools in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.