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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAGINAW TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263045006700
Arrowwood Elementary School
5410 SEIDEL RD, SAGINAW, MI 48638 · (989) 797-1835 · Saginaw County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Michigan public elementary schools
- DTest 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
16.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
261 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 158 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 Saginaw Township Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
25.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Arrowwood Elementary School
Arrowwood Elementary School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowwood Elementary School this school | 445 | 58.7% | 28.6% |
| Mary D Mitchell School ANN ARBOR | 372 | 57.8% | 26.5% |
| Stoney Creek Elementary COMSTOCK PARK | 432 | 62.0% | N/A |
| Weiss Elementary School SAGINAW | 357 | 60.5% | 29.3% |
| Sherwood Elementary School SAGINAW | 531 | 64.0% | N/A |
| Post Oak School LANSING | 430 | 65.6% | 46.8% |
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 Arrowwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Saginaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #965 of 1,085 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #979 of 1,072 | #13 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #962 of 1,139 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #460 of 1,630 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #950 of 1,424 | #9 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #76 of 1,424 | #7 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #729 of 1,563 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #888 of 979 | #19 of 19 |
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
445
+29 (+7%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 445 | 26.3 | 16.9:1 | 59% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 28.8 | 15.0:1 | 67% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 29.2 | 15.0:1 | 67% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 52% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 25.2 | 18.1:1 | 64% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 49% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 45% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 16% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 395 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arrowwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (456 to 445); teachers up 5% (25.2 to 26.3).
About Arrowwood Elementary School
Arrowwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in SAGINAW, Michigan. It offers grades 3 through 5 and has 445 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
The 8 schools of Saginaw Township Community Schools, including Arrowwood Elementary School, enroll 4,447 students.
The student body at Arrowwood Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 27 points below the 71% share among Saginaw County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school's 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Income data for the school show 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Saginaw County is close, at 59%.
Arrowwood Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Arrowwood Elementary School is 11.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
In Saginaw County, median household income comes to about $60,622, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Saginaw County counts 75 public schools with about 25,621 students.
White Pine Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Arrowwood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Arrowwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Arrowwood Elementary School ranks 7th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Arrowwood Elementary School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose by 7% across 4 years, from 416 in 2020-21 to 445 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 15.4:1 in 2020-21 to 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Arrowwood Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Saginaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,665
Census ACS
Median income
$60,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
25,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saginaw Township Community Schools
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- White Pine Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Weiss Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Hemmeter Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other schools in SAGINAW
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- White Pine Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Saginaw United High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- North Saginaw Charter AcademyElementary · 679 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other Arrowwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Arrowwood Elementary. Arrowwood Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Arrowwood Elementary SchoolHIGHLANDS RANCH, CO · 390 students
Nearby schools
- White Pine Middle School0.4 mi · 1,019
- Westdale Elementary School1.0 mi · 313
- Hemmeter Elementary School1.2 mi · 331
- Handley School1.4 mi · 370
- Chester F Miller School1.5 mi · 247
- Weiss Elementary School1.5 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Arrowwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arrowwood Elementary School?
Arrowwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 03-05.
Is Arrowwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arrowwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arrowwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arrowwood Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arrowwood Elementary School?
At Arrowwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 24% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Arrowwood Elementary School public or private?
Arrowwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saginaw Township Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.