Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MACOMB)·NCES 262088005755
Ardmore Elementary School
27001 GREATER MACK AVE, SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI 48081 · (586) 445-4160 · Macomb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
109 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
43.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore Elementary School this school | 370 | 29.5% | 43.1% |
| Sonoma Elementary BATTLE CREEK | 351 | 31.6% | 40.3% |
| Dean A Naldrett School CHESTERFIELD | 353 | 27.2% | 49.6% |
| Lottie M Schmidt Elem School CHESTERFIELD | 338 | 28.4% | 45.9% |
| North Muskegon Elementary School MUSKEGON | 406 | 27.8% | 48.5% |
| Cherry Knoll Elementary School TRAVERSE CITY | 333 | 29.7% | 43.8% |
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 Ardmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #635 of 1,085 | #41 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #594 of 1,072 | #37 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #372 of 1,139 | #19 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #793 of 1,630 | #80 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,303 of 1,424 | #108 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #726 of 1,424 | #89 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #1,237 of 1,563 | #106 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #783 of 979 | #58 of 75 |
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
370
+73 (+25%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 370 | 19.2 | 19.3:1 | 29% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 19.1 | 20.0:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 18.3 | 20.9:1 | 35% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 16 | 18.6:1 | 28% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 17.6 | 22.2:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 16 | 22.6:1 | 25% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 31% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 8% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ardmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (390 to 370); teachers up 9% (17.6 to 19.2).
About Ardmore Elementary School
Ardmore Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 370 students.
Ardmore Elementary School sits within Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb), which has 7 schools and 4,124 students.
The large majority of students at Ardmore Elementary School, 80%, are White. The next largest groups are 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Ardmore Elementary School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 19.3 students per teacher and 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is 15.8:1, lower than at this school. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Macomb County is 23 points.
Ardmore Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Ardmore Elementary School are 10.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.1% actual, 53.2% predicted).
In Macomb County (population about 879,853), median household income is about $77,837, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 236 public schools operate in Macomb County, serving about 115,743 students.
The next-closest public school is Lakeview Virtual School, about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ardmore Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Ardmore Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Ardmore Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ardmore Elementary School went from 297 students to 370.
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Macomb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb)
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,319 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 990 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Harmon Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Lakeview Virtual SchoolCombined · 46 students
Other schools in SAINT CLAIR SHORES
- Lakeview High SchoolHigh · 1,319 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 990 students
- Lake Shore High SchoolHigh · 914 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Rodgers Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
Other Ardmore Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ardmore Elementary. Ardmore Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Ardmore ElementarySpringdale, MD · 470 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolVilla Park, IL · 425 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 415 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolAddison, IL · 230 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview Virtual School0.4 mi · 46
- Lakeview High School0.6 mi · 1,319
- Jefferson Middle School0.9 mi · 990
- Greenwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 430
- Princeton Elementary School1.1 mi · 652
- Rodgers Elementary School1.2 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Ardmore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ardmore Elementary School serve?
Ardmore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ardmore Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Ardmore Elementary School.
How diverse is Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Ardmore Elementary School?
Ardmore Elementary School is overseen by Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb) in Macomb County.
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