Ashley Elementary School

Ashley Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in NEW BALTIMORE, Michigan, overseen by Anchor Bay School District, with 441 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Anchor Bay School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,295 students; Ashley Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Ashley Elementary School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Macomb County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ashley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.2%, the actual is 57.0%, a residual of -0.3 points.

In the area at large, Macomb County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Ashley Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Anchor Bay Middle School North, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ashley Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

Ashley Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ashley Elementary School has contracted 9%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 96% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Ashley Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.